§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 22 June,Official Report, column 249, if he will publish the results of his first quarterly survey into the incidence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy at EEC approved arid non-EEC approved slaughterhouses.
§ Mr. Curry[holding answer 3 July 1989]: In the period April to June 1989, 17 suspected cases of BSE were reported at EC approved slaughterhouses, of which 16 were confirmed, and nine at non-EC approved slaughterhouses of which five were confirmed.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many confirmed cases of BSE have been reported to him to date in cattle first identified as infected by BSE by veterinary inspection at(a) fatstock markets and (b) slaughterhouses.
§ Mr. Curry[holding answer 19 October 1989]: Since BSE became notifiable on 21 June 1988 up to 30 June 1989, a total of 58 suspect cases of BSE were identified at markets, of which 39 were confirmed, and 85 cases were identified at slaughterhouses, of which 62 were confirmed.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing the number of confirmed cases of BSE for each county of England and Wales for the four-week periods ended (a) 16 July, (b) 16 August, (c) 16 September and (d) 16 October.
§ Mr. Curry[holding answer 19 October 1989]: The information is as follows:
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County (a) (b) (c) (d) 16 July 16 August 16 September 16 October Glamorgan West — — 1 — Gloucestershire 20 17 18 17 Gwent 3 3 3 6 Gwynedd 2 1 2 3 Hampshire 21 12 22 23 Herefordshire and Worcestershire 8 3 7 10 Hertfordshire 1 1 7 2 Humberside 1 3 1 — Isle of Wight 3 4 2 1 Kent 4 3 7 13 Lancashire 6 7 7 3 Leicestershire 5 5 14 14 Lincolnshire 2 3 4 5 London — — 1 — Norfolk 9 8 6 7 Northamptonshire 6 4 1 5 Northumberland 1 2 3 — Nottinghamshire — — 5 2 Oxfordshire 6 4 6 3 Powys 1 3 9 8 Shropshire 14 — 20 27 Somerset 25 35 53 38 Staffordshire 7 3 13 7 Suffolk 3 2 3 8 Surrey 1 3 2 7 Sussex East 5 4 8 9 Sussex West 5 13 16 10 West Midlands 1 1 2 — Warwickshire 1 — 8 4 Wiltshire 36 28 43 26 Yorkshire North 14 19 16 16 Yorkshire South 2 1 1 — Yorkshire West 2 1 — 3 376 360 540 522