§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidences of(a) bovine tuberculosis and (b) brucellosis have been recorded in each year since 1980; how many herds were affected; and if he will give details for each Department of Agriculture sub-office.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomley[holding answer 19 January 1990]: Cattle and herd breakdowns for each divisional veterinary office area in respect of tuberculosis and brucellosis from 1980 to 1989 are given in the following tables:
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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Division A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H Total 283 94 122 36 18 6 9 6 3 3 5 3 1 1 1 1 4 3 35 18
Tuberculosis: reactor animals and herd breakdowns: 1980–89 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Division A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H Armagh 166 70 130 42 140 58 96 49 148 55 176 58 114 43 52 33 118 57 317 100 Dungannon 168 43 209 60 106 39 106 57 165 82 178 63 75 49 69 47 83 57 103 67 Enniskillen 161 67 150 65 154 83 138 74 153 74 123 59 152 65 190 72 148 71 146 80 Newry 127 48 151 68 79 42 108 60 114 65 165 74 125 72 266 80 622 183 1,114 361 Newtownards 222 77 185 72 248 89 288 113 322 121 257 120 197 100 171 77 261 98 210 108 South Region 844 305 825 307 727 311 736 353 902 397 899 374 663 329 748 309 1,232 466 1,890 716 Ballymena 186 52 204 62 165 59 175 59 77 31 218 74 84 38 51 32 49 24 107 45 Coleraine 285 106 99 52 167 72 468 131 157 70 125 71 70 46 43 18 50 35 65 51 Larne 255 68 292 89 326 111 271 96 341 106 204 85 167 81 162 66 84 35 304 90 Londonderry 109 36 78 27 24 13 39 11 7 7 10 12 33 21 26 14 33 14 28 20 Omagh 102 36 144 43 90 38 113 60 21 19 51 31 23 16 13 14 22 19 107 38 North Region 937 298 817 273 772 299 1,066 357 603 233 608 273 377 202 295 144 238 127 611 244 Total 1,781 603 1,642 580 1,499 604 1,802 710 1,505 630 1,507 647 1,040 531 1,043 453 1,470 593 2,501 960 Source: Animal health veterinary statistics [Tables T3A and T5]
A = Animals
H = Herds
§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the total amount of compensation paid by the Department of Agriculture in respect of(a) bovine tuberculosis and (b) brucellosis in each year since 1980; and if he will give details for areas dealt with by each departmental sub-office.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomley[holding answer 19 January 1990]: The available information, giving total expenditure, is shown in the table. This information cannot be broken down by divisional veterinary office area. Net expenditure is given in brackets, that is, compensation paid less moneys released for carcases.
Tuberculosis £ Brucellosis £ 1980–81 718,930 (389,073) 974,073 (491,441) 1981–82 614,265 (311,175) 498,631 (225,885) 1982–83 750,006 (382,910) 10,559 (8,558) 1983–84 766,585 (398,514) 8,590 (8,182) 1984–85 784,758 (465,382) 6,781 (6,781) 1985–86 740,547 (455,853) 8,015 (7,573) 1986–87 522,211 (319,791) 7,240 (7,240) 1987–88 717,363 (447,376) 8,071 (7,903) 1988–89 1,076,662 (646,931) 7,377 (6,612)