§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many scintillators were available to, and used by, his Department for the monitoring of live sheep in the restricted areas of Cumbria in each month from May 1986 to May 1987.
§ Mr. Donald Thompson[holding answer 22 February 1988]: After development and testing of suitable equipment in the period of August 1986, sets of live monitoring equipment became available to, and were used by, my Department for the routine monitoring of live sheep in the "mark and release" scheme in the Cumbria restricted area as follows: 144W
Total number of Ministry sets available for use Number of sets in Cumbria restricted area September 9 9 October 9 9 November 17 10 December 18 7 January 1987 18 7 February 18 7 March 20 14 April 19 14 May 18 13
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when live monitoring of sheep on a general basis was introduced in the restricted areas of Cumbria following the Chernobyl accident.
§ Mr. Donald Thompson[holding answer 22 February 1988]: The option of live monitoring sheep became generally available to producers in the Cumbria restricted area from late September 1986.