§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the county councils that have received grants for the disposal of bovine carcases infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy; and what is the amount paid per animal in each case.
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§ Mr. Donald ThompsonCounty councils do not receive grants for the disposal of carcases, which is the responsibility of the state veterinary service. On occasions when assistance is provided by county councils, the Ministry pays any appropriate charge. Details of amounts paid are not held centrally.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the amounts paid by different county councils to farmers for the disposal of each bovine carcase infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
§ Mr Donald ThompsonCompensation is paid by the Government to farmers who have animals slaughtered because of bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The disposal of carcases is the responsibility of the state veterinary service and no payments are made by county councils.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the incineration plants within each county for the incineration of bovine spongiform encephalopathy infected cattle.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonI refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 23 March at column722.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a list showing the cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy confirmed in each county for the latest four week period.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe information is as follows:
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County Confirmed cases Avon 9 Bedfordshire 3 Berkshire 6 Borders 1 Cambridgeshre 2 Central 1 Cheshire 5 Cleveland 1 Clwyd 5 Cornwall 52 Cumbria 2 Derbyshire 9 Devon 62 Dorset 44 Dumfries 7 Durham 1 Dyfed 12 Essex 4 Mid Glamorgan 1 South Glamorgan 3 Gloucestershire 14 Grampian 5 Gwent 3 Gwynedd 2 Hampshire 21 Herefordshire and Worcestershire 14 Hertfordshire 1 Highland 1 Humberside 1 Isle of Wight 2 Kent 20 Lancashire 5 Leicestershire 10 Lincolnshire 1 Merseyside 1 Norfolk 5 Northamptonshire 8 Northumberland 2
County Confirmed cases Nottinghamshire 5 Oxon 11 Powys 1 Salop 17 Somerset 35 Staffordshire 7 Strathclyde 4 Suffolk 7 Surrey 2 East Sussex 6 West Sussex 21 Tayside 2 Warwickshire 10 Wiltshire 26 North Yorkshire 13 West Yorkshire 2
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 14 April to the hon. Member for Caerphilly, how many of the 40 confirmed cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy were reported from EEC export approved slaugherhouses and how many were from non-EEC approved slaugherhouses.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThis information is not available.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many bovine spongiform encephalopathy infected cattle have been incinerated at each of the locations listed in his answer to the hon. Member for South Shields of 23 March,Official Report, column 722.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThis information is not held centrally.