§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the total number of cattle in each county, the total number in each county taking part in the Brucellosis (Accredited Herd) Scheme, and the total number in each county taking part in the Brucellosis Incentive Scheme, expressing the latter two figures for each county as a percentage of the 112W first figure, at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellI regret that information about the number of cattle in the voluntary Brucellosis Schemes is not readily available. The figures for herds at 30th September, 1970, were as follows:
Country Total Number of Herds Herds in Accredited Herds Scheme as a percentage of Total Herds Herds in Brucellosis Incentives Scheme as a percentage of Total Herds* Aberdeen 4,794 1.7 1.9 Angus 1,007 3.0 5.9 Argyll 1,807 26.1 22.2 Ayr 1,873 10.6 18.5 Banff 1,253 4.3 3.7 Berwick 554 3.6 5.1 Bute 249 17.7 32.1 Caithness 967 2.1 2.6 Clackmannan 69 7.3 5.8 Dumfries 1,568 6.1 9.1 Dunbarton 251 14.3 17.1 East Lothian 316 1.6 5.7 Fife 910 4.4 11.4 Inverness 3,760 2.8 13.8 Kincardine 720 2.5 5.4 Kinross 167 7.3 4.2 Kirkcudbright 933 9.1 14.4 Lanark 1,408 4.8 6.9 Midlothian 430 3.9 7.2 Moray 534 6.4 15.2 Nairn 141 12.1 16.3 Orkney 1,680 17.4 8.0 Peebles 264 2.3 6.1 Perth 1,729 6.5 6.3 Renfrew 419 10.5 13.8 Ross 2,281 1.0 3.8 Roxburgh 694 3.4 5.2 Selkirk 172 2.9 1.7 Stirling 712 9.1 8.1 Sutherland 815 12.8 5.8 West Lothian 291 2.7 3.8 Wigtown 824 5.7 15.0 Zetland 889 16.6 42.7 (Scotland) (34,481) (6.8) (9.9) * Herds accredited under the Brucellosis (Accredited Herds) Scheme and subsequently transferred to the Brucellosis Incentives Scheme are accounted for in this column. Herds still in the Accredited Herds Scheme "pipeline" are eligible for transfer to the Incentives Scheme when they reach accreditation.