§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of farms by region in Scotland, on which cattle were found to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also had sheep on them.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 23 April 1990]: The percentage of farms from which cattle have been confirmed as suffering from bovine spongiform encephalopathy on which sheep were also present is as follows:
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per cent. Borders 90.9 Central 91.6 Dumfries 88.2 Fife 80.0 Grampian 79.0 Highland 93.3 Lothian 100.0 Orkney 60.0 Shetland 100.0 Strathclyde 86.4 Tayside 80.0
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cattle have been confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy in each region of Scotland for each year since the disease was discovered.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 23 April 1990]: The numbers are as follows:
Region 1987 1988 1989 Borders 1 1 9 Central — 3 8 Dumfries 4 13 32 Fife — — 11 Grampian — 12 43 Highland — 5 14 Lothian 1 2 7 Orkney — 2 2 Shetland 1 — 1 Strathclyde — 11 64 Tayside — 5 17 Western Isles — — —
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the incidence in percentage terms of bovine spongiform encephalopathy affected herds in each region of Scotland at 31 December 1989.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 23 April 1990]: The incidence in relation to BSE-affected dairy herds in Scotland is as follows:
per cent. Borders 5.19 Central 6.09 Dumfries 2.16 Fife 3.88 Grampian 7.35 Highland 3.66 Lothian 4.26 Orkney — Shetland 3.70 Strathclyde 2.62 Tayside 6.06
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by age the cattle confirmed as having bovine spongiform encephalopathy in 1989.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 23 April 1990]: The answers are as follows:
Age Number 2 years 1 3 years 14 4 years 48 5 years 43 6 years 19 7 years 3 8 years 1