HC Deb 29 January 1990 vol 166 cc73-4W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the incidence of sheep scab in each county of England and Wales for each of the last three years.

Mr. Maclean

The information is as follows:

Number
1987
England
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 2
Gloucestershire 1
Greater Manchester 1
Lancashire 8
North Yorkshire 3
Shropshire 2
Somerset 1
West Yorkshire 3
Total 23
Wales
Clywd 6
Gwent 1
Gwynedd 5
Powys 2
Total 14
1988
England
Cheshire 4
Cornwall 2
Derbyshire 2
Devon 3
Dorset 3
Gloucestershire 1
Hereford and Worcester 1
Lincolnshire 2
Shropshire 3
Somerset 4
Warwickshire 1
Total 26
Wales
Clwyd 1
Gwent 1
Gwynedd 3
Mid Glamorgan 3
Powys 1
Total 9
1989
England
Cambridgeshire 1
Essex 1
Avon 1
Cornwall 15
Devon 15
Dorset 4
Somerset 10

Number
Wiltshire 3
Cheshire 1
Derbyshire 1
Hereford and Worcester 3
Shropshire 2
Staffordshire 3
Total 60
Wales
Clwyd 2
Dyfed 1
Gwynedd 1
Powys 1
Total 5