§ Mr. GillTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many abattoirs continue to operate either as(a) fully EC approved and (b) under temporary derogation; and by how much the overall total differs from December 1995. [10420]
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§ Mrs. BrowningThe information for red meat abattoirs in England is set out in the table:
Licence status Number of premises 1 December 1995 Number of premises 19 January 1996 EC approved 101 113 National market only Permanently derogated low throughput (no more than 20 livestock units per week) 119 140 Temporary derogated full throughput (more than 20 livestock units per week) 122 107 Temporary derogated low throughput (no more than 20 livestock units per week) 60 41 Total 402 401