HC Deb 02 February 1948 vol 446 cc221-2W
Mr. Hurd

asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the total expenditure on the eradication of bovine tuberculosis made under the Agriculture Act, 1937; and the percentage of attested cattle in each county in England, Wales and Scotland.

Mr. T. Williams

During the period from 1st April, 1938, when Part IV of the Agriculture Act, 1937, came into operation, to 31st December, 1947, payments made to owners of attested herds under Section 20 of the Act amounted to £2,590,000. In addition, the cost of tuberculin tests carried out by part-time veterinary inspectors was £1,094,000. It is not practicable to assess the cost of tests carried out by whole-time veterinary inspectors as part of their duties.

The percentage of attested cattle in each county in England, Wales and Scotland at the end of 1947 was:

ENGLAND: 8.3
Bedford 7.4
Berks 23.9
Buckingham 9.6
Cambridge 11.9
Isle of Ely 3.6
Chester 6.6
Cornwall 3.7
Cumberland 18.7
Derby 3.4
Devon 4.6
Dorset 15.7
Durham 9.4
Essex 15.6
Gloucester Hampshire 8.6
Hampshire 15.6
Isle of Wight 8.2
Hereford 8.9
Hertford 19.7
Huntingdon 5.7
Kent 11.3
Lancaster 5.2
Leicester 4.2
Lincoln (Holland)
Lincoln (Kesteven) 0.9
Lincoln (Lindsey) 1.1
London
Middlesex 14.1
Norfolk 9.7
Northampton 2.7
Soke of Peterboro'
Northumberland 6.3
Nottingham 3.4
Oxford 18.5
Rutland 2.5
Salop 6.8
Somerset 10.0
Stafford 2.4
Suffolk, East 7.1
Suffolk, West 17.9
Surrey 24.1
Sussex, East 10.2
Sussex, West 13.6
Warwick 6.2
Westmorland 31.9
Wilts 9.8
Worcester 6.1
York, East Riding 0.7
York, North Riding 6.6
York, West Riding 5.0
WALES: 25.5
Anglesey 2.4
Brecon 12.2
Caernarvon 7.9
Cardigan 72.5
Carmarthen 64.6
Denbigh 10.9
Flint 4.7
Glamorgan 6.1
Merioneth 42.1
Monmouth 8.1
Montgomery 13.4
Pembroke 35.6
Radnor 3.2
SCOTLAND: 31.0
Aberdeen 4.9
Angus 12.6
Argyll 24.8
Ayr 79.0
Banft 3.6
Berwick 7.4
Bute 84.0
Caithness 8.7
Clackmannan 34.7
Dumfries 61.6
Dunbarton 51.8
East Lothian 13.5
Fife 22.2
Inverness 5.3
Kincardine 7.9
Kinross 23.6
Kirkcudbright 59.6
Lanark 57.8
Midlothian 28.8
Moray 10.4
Nairn 11.8
Orkney 6.9
Peebles 49.7
Perth 11.1
Renfrew 48.1
Ross-shire 4.2
Roxburgh 5.5
Selkirk 16.0
Stirling 35.8
Sutherland 3.6
West Lothian 29.2
Wigtown 50.7
Zetland 99.0
GREAT BRITAIN 13.9