§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his replies of Thursday 27 April,Official Report, column 678, and Friday 14 April, Official Report, column 748, to the hon. Member for Caerphilly, why information concerning ante-mortem inspections of cattle is not available for 1989.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe number of' cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy identified at markets and slaughterhouses is monitored but the information is not held centrally at present. We are making arrangements to do so and will let the hon. Member have the information requested when it is available.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he has received about increasing the compensation for bovine spongiform encephalopathy from 50 per cent. to 100 per cent; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonI have received a number of representations seeking an increase in the level of compensation. I believe however that compensation of 50 per cent. is fair, given that the animals are suffering from a terminal illness and are, for practical purposes, valueless but are in fact valued as if unaffected by the disease.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give by area the number of cases of bovine spongiform encephalophathy reported in each of the past three years and the number reported in each of the past 12 months.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe information requested for England, broken down by county, is as follows:
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1988 1989 May June July August September October November December January February March April Lincolnshire 5 0 2 3 1 6 4 5 6 4 4 2 Norfolk 1 2 0 8 0 2 5 3 12 6 11 6 Northamptonshire 2 0 4 0 0 | 0 4 2 4 4 7 Suffolk 0 1 1 0 5 7 7 1 7 6 7 6 Cheshire 0 1 3 7 8 3 1 5 6 0 6 9 Derbyshire 0 2 0 2 1 8 5 2 3 6 3 11 Herefordshire/Worcestershire 1 2 1 6 2 9 6 7 15 9 11 19 Lancashire 0 0 1 5 4 7 7 10 4 5 9 11 Leicestershire 0 0 1 1 4 10 11 8 7 14 11 13 Manchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Merseyside 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 Shropshire 2 0 7 3 11 4 4 9 16 5 10 16 Staffordshire 2 0 2 2 5 4 4 14 9 1 7 16 West Midlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 1 Warwickshire 3 0 0 1 1 5 0 2 5 3 2 13 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 Cumbria 0 2 0 0 7 4 5 4 13 10 3 4 Durham 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 Humberside 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 3 3 Northumberland 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 6 0 7 1 North Yorkshire 0 1 3 8 13 9 11 7 16 14 15 11 South Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 West Yorkshire 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 91 1 0 1 1 Berkshire 3 0 1 6 3 1 6 1 11 2 3 7 Buckinghamshire 0 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 1 4 2 3 Hampshire 5 2 2 5 11 17 14 15 28 45 28 23 Isle of Wight 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 4 2 2 3 Kent 2 0 1 8 1 3 4 8 20 23 20 14 Oxfordshire 2 0 1 6 3 5 11 4 6 17 13 12 Surrey 2 0 1 2 1 5 5 8 8 5 7 2 East Sussex 0 1 2 1 0 4 5 5 5 8 4 8 West Sussex 1 1 2 7 5 14 7 17 19 15 17 12 Avon 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 7 4 18 9 Cornwall 26 12 12 18 14 27 22 45 48 55 55 34 Devon 6 28 14 20 28 26 55 25 74 63 73 79 Dorset 1 4 4 5 14 29 18 24 36 70 61 47 Gloucestershire 0 4 1 8 5 21 15 11 33 22 15 16 Somerset 0 3 4 10 14 31 18 19 42 36 43 41 Wiltshire 1 1 2 14 6 17 20 16 39 44 38 39 340W
Number of confirmed cases of BSE by year of confirmation 1986 1987 1988 Bedfordshire 0 0 7 Cambridgeshire 0 0 6 Essex 0 0 5 Hertfordshire 0 0 8 Lincolnshire 0 0 28 Norfolk 0 0 18 Northants 0 0 11 Suffolk 0 0 28 Cheshire 0 0 36 Derby 0 0 22 Hereford and Worcester 0 4 40 Lancashire 0 1 38 Lincolnshire 0 2 39 Manchester 0 0 0 Merseyside 0 0 1 Nottinghamshire 0 2 6 Salop 0 0 51 Staffordshire 0 0 37 West Midlands 0 0 2 Warwick 0 0 13 Cleveland 0 0 1 Cumbria 0 1 30 Durham 0 0 3 Humber 0 0 6 Northumberland 0 0 10 Yorkshire North 0 1 61 Yorkshire South 0 0 2 Yorkshire West 0 0 10 Berkshire 0 2 24 Buckinghamshire 0 2 15 Hampshire 0 2 82 Isle of Wight 0 0 9 Kent 5 11 40 Oxon 0 0 36 Surrey 0 1 28 Sussex East 0 2 21 Sussex West 0 2 61
1986 1987 1988 Avon 0 3 16 Cornwall 0 16 216 Devon 0 33 248 Dorset 0 0 103 Gloucestershire 0 3 84 Somerset 1 8 127 Wiltshire 0 6 86