§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of cattle herds in December 1989 in each of the respective countries of Great Britain, where bovine spongiform encephalopathy was confirmed, had(a) a single case, (b) two cases or (c) three or more.
§ Mr. GummerThe information is as follows:
One case Two cases Three or more cases England 63.0 18.9 18.1 Wales 80.9 11.8 7.3 Scotland 88.1 7.9 4.0
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many offsprings of cows which had been confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy have been continuously monitored in each county of England and Wales.
§ Mr. GummerThe identities of known offspring of confirmed BSE cases are recorded as part of the Ministry's epidemiological investigations into the disease. These 81W records are compared with the identities of suspect cases of BSE reported to the Ministry as part of this on-going study. The numbers of offspring recorded in each county are as follows:
County Offspring Avon 77 Bedfordshire 21 Berkshire 43 Buckinghamshire 61 Cambridge 13 Cheshire 73 Cleveland 2 Clwyd 15 Cornwall 485 Cumbria 95 Derbyshire 66 Devon 642 Dorset 499 Durham 9 Dyfed 153 Essex 28 Glamorgan Mid 3 Glamorgan South 16 Glamorgan West 1 Gloucestershire 169 Gwent 38 Gwynedd 6 Huntingdonshire 280 Hereford and Worcester 111 Hertfordshire 16 Humberside 20 Isle of Wight 45 Kent 93 Lancashire 110 Leicestershire 159 Lincolnshire 53 London 1 Merseyside 2 Norfolk 87 Northamptonshire 45 Northumberland 17 Nottinghamshire 32 Oxon 107 Powys 33 Salop 167 Somerset 351 Staffordshire 80 Suffolk 74 Surrey 75 Sussex East 91 Sussex West 194 West Midlands 4 Warwickshire 43 Wiltshire 276 Yorkshire North 197 Yorkshire South 11 Yorkshire West 14
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the annual incidence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the total population of adult cattle in Great Britain for the year ending 16 March.
§ Mr. GummerThe annual incidence of confirmed cases for the year 17 March 1989—16 March 1990 is 0.2 per cent.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list by age the cattle confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy in 1989 in England and Wales.
§ Mr. GummerThe information is as follows:
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Age (Years) Number of Cases 1 1 2 28 3 586 4 2,138 5 1,874 6 667 7 125 8 37 9 8 10 2 11 3 12 1 15 1 1 One year 10 months.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the incidence in percentage terms of bovine spongiform encephalopathy-affected dairy herds in each county of England and Wales at 31 December 1989.
§ Mr. GummerThe information is as follows:
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County Percentage Cleveland 5.49 Durham 4.36 Tyne and Wear 2.78 Northumberland 7.48 Cumbria 3.18 North Yorkshire 6.60 South Yorkshire 4.12 West Yorkshire 2.05 Humberside 6.40 Lancashire 4.80 Merseyside 10.26 Manchester 0.99 Derbyshire 4.10 Leicestershire 12.46 Nottinghamshire 6.93 Cheshire 4.93 Shropshire 7.88 Staffordshire 3.88 Hereford and Worcester 9.46 Warwickshire 9.34 West Midlands 4.55 Lincolnshire 12.96 Norfolk 14.93 Suffolk 13.79 Bedfordshire 13.64 Cambridgeshire 15.94 Northamptonshire 15.04 Essex 8.02 Hertfordshire 17.65 London 3.03 Berkshire 25.00 Buckinghamshire 8.70 Oxford 19.08 Hampshire 31.97 Isle of Wight 17.46 Surrey 20.94 West Sussex 33.33 Kent 23.31 East Sussex 15.43 Gloucestershire 18.13 Avon 10.44 Wiltshire 25.37 Dorset 26.31 Somerset 16.41 Devon 13.47 Cornwall 14.65 Gwynedd 2.66 Clwyd 3.57 Powys 3.10 Dyfed 3.76 South Glamorgan 9.85
County Percentage Mid Glamorgan 4.88 West Glamorgan 0.88 Gwent 7.87
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cattle have been confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy, in each county of England, for each year since the disease was discovered.
§ Mr. GummerThe information is as follows:
Confirmed cases reported in 1986 Number Kent 4 Cornwall 1 Devon 1 Somerset 1
Confirmed cases reported in 1987 Number Bedfordshire 2 Cambridgeshire 2 Essex 2 Lincolnshire 3 Norfolk 3 Northamptonshire 1 Suffolk 6 Cheshire 7 Derbyshire 3 Hereford and Worcester 10 Lancashire 2 Leicestershire 6 Nottinghamshire 3 Shropshire 13 Staffordshire 5 West Midlands 1 Warwickshire 4 Cumbria 8 Durham 2 North Yorkshire 7 Berkshire 5 Buckinghamshire 8 Hampshire 12 Isle of Wight 1 Kent 20 Oxfordshire 5 Surrey 7 East Sussex 4 West Sussex 7 Avon 9 Cornwall 61 Devon 85 Dorset 30 Gloucestershire 19 Somerset 32 Wiltshire 17
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Confirmed cases reported in 1988 Number Bedfordshire 4 Cambridgeshire 8 Essex 3 Hertfordshire 9 Lincolnshire 32 Norfolk 32 Northamptonshire 13 Suffolk 31 Cheshire 35 Derbyshire 25 Hereford and Worcester 55 Lancashire 50
Number Leicestershire 51 Manchester 1 Merseyside 2 Nottinghamshire 9 Shropshire 55 Staffordshire 40 West Midlands 2 Warwickshire 16 Cleveland 2 Cumbria 44 Durham 3 Humberside 8 North Humberland 17 North Yorkshire 74 South Yorkshire 3 West Yorkshire 11 Berkshire 34 Buckinghamshire 11 Hampshire 116 Isle of Wight 13 Kent 62 Oxfordshire 46 Surrey 35 East Sussex 28 West Sussex 82 Avon 18 Cornwall 265 Devon 308 Dorset 169 Gloucestershire 111 Somerset 170 Wiltshire 144
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Confirmed cases reported in 1989 Number Bedfordshire 22 Cambridgeshire 22 Essex 34 Hertfordshire 35 Lincolnshire 62 Norfolk 87 Northamptonshire 66 Suffolk 75 Cheshire 130 Derbyshire 81 Hertford and Worcester 131 Lancashire 104 Leicestershire 169 Manchester 5 Merseyside 3 Nottinghamshire 42 Salop 181 Staffordshire 108 West Midlands 7 Warwickshire 74 Cleveland 9 Cumbria 109 London 4 Durham 22 Humberside 23 North Humberland 24 North Yorkshire 231 South Yorkshire 14 West Yorkshire 17 Berkshire 47 Buckinghamshire 51 Hampshire 331 Isle of Wight 48 Kent 174 Oxfordshire 118 Surrey 69 East Sussex 102 West Sussex 181 Avon 138 Cornwall 545 Devonshire 816
Number Dorset 671 Gloucestershire 231 Somerset 533 Wiltshire 473 Tyne and Wear 1
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what percentage of the farms by county in England and Wales, on which cattle were found to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also had sheep on them.
§ Mr. GummerThe information is as follows:
County Percentage Bedfordshire 100.0 Cambridgeshire 58.3 Essex 51.7 Hertfordshire 54.5 Lincolnshire 72.0 Norfolk 53.6 Northamptonshire 76.8 Suffolk 47.1 Cheshire 63.2 Derbyshire 61.5 Hertford and Worcester 83.7 Lancashire 75.8 Leicestershire 73.2 Manchester 50.0 Merseyside 40.0 Nottinghamshire 62.2 Shropshire 80.1 Staffordshire 61.1 West Midlands 81.8 Warwickshire 79.4 Dyfed 76.6 Mid Glamorgan 80.0 South Glamorgan 70.6 West Glamorgan 100.0 Gwent 83.1 Gwynedd 83.3 Powys 79.0 Cleveland 77.8 Cumbria 88.1 Durham 76.9 Humberside 52.9 Northumberland 84.0 Tyne and Wear 0.0 North Yorkshire 72.5 South Yorkshire 40.9 West Yorkshire 54.5 Berkshire 72.5 Buckinghamshire 79.5 Hampshire 61.9 Isle of Wight 60.7 Kent 88.9 London 66.7 Oxfordshire 74.7 Surrey 71.4 East Sussex 88.2 West Sussex 69.7 Avon 55.6 Cornwall 66.7 Devon 88.5 Dorset 56.5 Gloucestershire 74.0 Somerset 63.4 Wiltshire 60.4 Clwyd 69.1
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the number of confirmed cases of BSE for each county of England and Wales for the four-week period ended 16 April.
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§ Mr. MacleanThe information is as follows:
County Numbers Avon 21 Bedfordshire 3 Berkshire 2 Buckinghamshire 8 Cambridgeshire 1 Cheshire 24 Cleveland 1 Clwyd 7 Cornwall 68 Cumbria 25 Derbyshire 17 Devon 111 Dorset 88 Durham 3 Dyfed 28 Essex 4 Mid Glamorgan 3 West Glamorgan 1 Gloucestershire 26 Gwent 5 Hampshire 19 Hereford and Worcester 11 Hertfordshire 7 Humberside 7 Isle of Wight 8 Kent 16 Lancashire 24 Leicestershire 19 Lincolnshire 5 Manchester I Norfolk 24 Northamptonshire 5 Northumberland 3 Nottinghamshire 7 Oxon 15 Powys 4 Salop 19 Somerset 71 Staffordshire 15 Suffolk 10 Surrey 8 East Sussex 7 West Sussex 21 West Midlands 1 Warwickshire 6 Wiltshire 49 North Yorkshire 55 South Yorkshire 3 West Yorkshire 4
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cattle were notified as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy in each of the two months prior to 100 per cent. compensation being paid; and what are the figures for the months following that date.
§ Mr. GummerIncreased compensation was paid from 14 February 1990. The information requested on a weekly basis for Great Britain is as follows:
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Week ending Number of suspects 5 January 1990 245 12 January 1990 292 19 January 1990 284 26 January 1990 294 2 February 1990 309 9 February 1990 329 16 February 1990 362 23 February 1990 367 2 March 1990 424 9 March 1990 393
Week ending Number of suspects 16 March 1990 392 23 March 1990 351 30 March 1990 329 6 April 1990 323 13 April 1990 278