§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of(a) pigmeat, (b) sheepmeat and (c) beef products consumed in the UK was from animals reared on foodstuffs containing genetically modified ingredients in the last 12 months. [8290]
§ Margaret Beckett[holding answer 18 October 2001]: The Government do not keep statistics on meat and meat products consumed in the UK from animals reared on feed containing GM ingredients.
Compensation paid for animals culled in foot and mouth epidemic Total amount paid (£) Total number of payments Highest payment (£) Lowest payment (£) Bedfordshire 1— 1 1— 1— Berkshire 358,516.80 5 339,205.00 176.80 Buckinghamshire 1— 1 1— 1— Cleveland 1,265,180.86 25 819,630.00 59.40 Cambridgeshire 1— 1 1— 1— Cheshire 3,479,640.04 64 397,811.00 110.00 Cornwall 2,355,459.44 45 857,377.80 25.00 Cumbria 413,101,243.16 4,314 3,612,788.74 10.00 Derbyshire 1,563,537.55 40 481,150.00 120.80 Devon 99,721,600.80 1,309 3,271,847.50 9.00 Dorset 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Durham 38,622,864.54 614 930,044.00 16.00 Essex 1,164,517.88 23 491,380.72 60.00 Gloucestershire 18,621,079.14 505 728,090.00 4.71 Hampshire 318,460.98 4 189,336.00 88.13 Isle of Wight 1— 1 1— 1— Hereford and Worcester 29,467,357.48 519 1,193,186.00 6.00 Hertfordshire 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Kent 1,422,856.36 17 347,220.00 1,882.00 Lancashire 44,343,985.76 343 1,218,555.00 10.00 Leicestershire 981,986.77 38 258,124.80 8.80 Lincolnshire 298,858.50 2 1— 1— Merseyside 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Greater London 265,868.80 6 93,550.00 56.00 Norfolk 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Northamptonshire 428,455.70 12 197,163.00 350.00 Tyne and Wear 704,300.20 28 241,467.00 180.00 Northumberland 45,153,557.05 529 1,337,600.00 35.00 Nottinghamshire 312,483.00 10 115,095.00 150.00 Oxfordshire 79,651.36 4 46,101.50 135.00 Avon 2,309,301.98 32 592,670.00 27.00 Shropshire 10,667,962.15 174 748,201.60 11.98 Somerset 4,143,804.89 87 645,435.00 31.50 Stafford 7,459,392.92 190 783,310.00 35.00 Suffolk 207,840.50 3 157,574.50 14,965.00 Scilly Isles 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 Surrey 156,602.30 6 81,038.00 9.80 East Sussex 137,770.00 3 64,225.00 27,570.00 West Sussex 1— 1 1— 1— Warwickshire 1,184,781.31 21 695,571.00 81.00 Greater Manchester 12,555.50 2 1— 1— Wiltshire 333,946.83 26 138,086.47 56.16 West Midlands 234,076.50 5 148,445.00 130.00 South Yorkshire 18,124.00 2 1— 1— West Yorkshire 3,754,328.57 33 738,685.00 764.00 North Yorkshire 123,412,102.97 1,053 2,190,020.00 23.00 Humberside 568,286.00 3 235,285.00 109,901.00 Powys 35,819,601.03 555 1,329,950.00 40.00 West Wales 380,071.45 12 74,258.00 2,672.00 North Wales 7,107,675.17 302 645,347.40 105.00 South Glamorgan 253,529.40 3 248,268.84 210.56