HC Deb 29 July 1988 vol 138 cc672-3W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the percentage valuation payments made in respect of compensation paid to farmers for the various disease eradication schemes.

Mr. Donald Thompson

The compensation payable for animals slaughtered in the event of disease occurring is as followsAfrican swine fever (which has never occurred in this country)—if the animal is affected, 50 per cent, of the value immediately before it became affected; if not, the value of the animal immediately before it was slaughtered. Aujeszky's disease—for all animals slaughtered, their market value immediately before they were slaughtered had they not been affected or suspected or exposed to infection of Aujeszky's disease, up to a maximum of £300 (For Aujeszky's disease the cost of compensation is paid in full from a statutory levy on pig producers). Bovine spongiform encephalopathy—for an affected or suspected animal an amount equal to 50 per cent, of either

  1. (a) the market value of the animal; or
  2. (b) 125 per cent, of the average price in respect of the month which occurred two months prior to the month in which the market value of the animal was determined rounded down to the nearest multiple of £2,
whichever is the less. For an animal in which bovine spongiform encephalopathy cannot be confirmed post mortem, an amount equal to either
  1. (a) the market value of the animal; or
  2. (b) 125 per cent, of the average price in respect of the month which occurred two months prior to the month in which the market value of the animal was determined rounded down to the nearest multiple of £2,
whichever is the less. (The Order providing for compensation in respect of bovine spongiform encephalopathy comes into effect on 8 August 1988.) Brucellosis—where the slaughtered animal is an affected animal or a reactor an amount equal to 75 per cent, of either
  1. (i) its market value or
  2. (ii) 125 per cent. of the average price in respect of the month which occurred two months prior to the month in which the market value of the animal was determined rounded down to the nearest multiple of £4.
 Where the slaughtered animal is not an affected animal or a reactor, an amount equal to either
  1. (i) its market value or
  2. (ii) 125 per cent, of the average price in respect of the month which occurred two months prior to the month in which the market value of the animal was determined rounded down to the nearest multiple of £4.
 Cattle plague (which has not occurred in this country since 1877)—if the animal is affected, 50 per cent, of its value immediately before it became affected but not more than £20; if not, the value immediately before it was slaughtered but not more than £40. Classical swine fever (which is not present in this country)—if the animal is affected, 50 per cent, of the value of the animal immediately before it became affected; if not, the value of the animal immediately before it was slaughtered. Foot and mouth disease (which is not present in this country)—if the animal is affected, the value of the animal immediately before it became affected; if not, the value of the animal immediately before it was slaughtered. Pleuro-pneumonia (which has not occurred in this country since 1898)—if the animal is affected, 75 per cent, of the value immediately before it became so affected, but not more than £30; if not, the value immediately before it was slaughtered. Rabies (which is not present in this country)—where the animal was affected, 50 per cent, of its market value immediately before it became affected; in every other case the market value of the animal immediately before it was slaughtered. Swine vesicular disease (which is not present in this country)—where the animal was affected, its value immediately before it became affected, in every other case the value of the animal immediately before it was slaughtered. Tuberculosis—where the slaughtered animal is an affected animal or a reactor an amount equal to 75 per cent, of either
  1. (i) its market value or
  2. (ii) 125 per cent, of the average price in respect of the month which occurred two months prior to the month in which the market value of the animal was determined rounded down to the nearest multiple of £4.
 Where the slaughtered animal is not an affected animal or a reactor, an amount equal to either
  1. (i) its market value or
  2. (ii) 125 per cent, of the average price in respect of the month which occurred two months prior to the month in which the market value of the animal was determined rounded down to the nearest multiple of £4.