§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish a table showing the number of confirmed cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy for each county of England and Wales for the four-week period ended 16 February.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information is as follows:
County Number Avon 20 Bedfordshire 3 Berkshire 6 Buckinghamshire 10 Cambridgeshire 6 Cheshire 26 Cleveland 1 Clwyd 7 Cornwall 50 Cumbria 14 Derbyshire 5 Devon 60 Dorset 63 Dyfed 27 Essex 5 Glamorgan South 1 Gloucestershire 26 Gwent 6 Gwynedd 1 Hampshire 44 Hereford and Worcester 18 Hertfordshire 5 Humberside 6 Isle of Wight 2 Kent 30 Lancashire 6 Leicestershire 30 Lincolnshire 11 London 2 Manchester 1 Norfolk 13 Northamptonshire 4 Northumberland 1 Nottinghamshire 2 Oxfordshire 22 Powys 5 Shropshire 27 Somerset 67 Staffordshire 18 Suffolk 10 Surrey 9 Sussex East 14 Sussex West 29 West Midlands 1 Warwickshire 15 Wiltshire 71 Yorkshire North 31 Yorkshire South 2 Yorkshire West 5 Total 838
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the number of bovines which have been identified since 30 September 1989 as bovine spongiform encephalopathy suspects at(a) slaughterhouses and (b) livestock markets; and of these how many were subsequently confirmed as bovine spongiform encephalopathy cases.
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§ Mr. MacleanThe information for the quarter October to December 1989 is as follows:
Location Number reported Number confirmed Slaughterhouses 22 21 Markets 20 15
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what records he keeps in respect of cattle infected with BSE; whether he now records the movement of progeny of BSE-infected cattle; and if he will wake a statement.
§ Mr. MacleanFor each suspected case of BSE, the Ministry collects information necessary to study the epidemiology of the disease, including breeding history, feeding records and clinical history.
Movements of all cattle must be recorded in accordance with the Movement of Animals (Records) Order 1960 (as amended).