HC Deb 07 July 1988 vol 136 c658W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give a county by county breakdown of where the 3,572 marked sheep were remonitored between 28 September 1987 and 1 June 1988.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Between 28 September 1987 and 1 June 1988 blue-marked sheep could be sent for slaughter only if remonitoring had confirmed that they presented no danger to public health and they had been identified as eligible for slaughter by a distinctive ear-tag.

The areas in which the 3,572 marked sheep were remonitored in Scotland in this period are as follows:

Region Number of sheep
Borders 154
Central 824
Dumfries and Galloway 1,926
Fife 306
Grampian 32
Lothian 66
Strathclyde 210
Tayside 54
3,572

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