§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he last met the National Farmers Union to discuss BSE.
§ Mr. MacleanMinisters in this Department are in regular discussion with the National Farmers Union on a wide range of issues, including BSE.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish by means of a press release each month until November 1990, the reported cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy by county in England and Wales and by region in Scotland.
§ Mr. GummerYes; I will issue a press release showing the numbers of suspect cases placed under restrictions each month by county and region. The information will be published one month in arrears to ensure its accuracy.
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many reported cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy there have been in each county in England and Wales and each region in Scotland in the last month; and what are the cumulative totals by county.
§ Mr. GummerThe table sets out the number of BSE suspects placed under restriction in June 1990, the most recent complete month, and the cumulative number of such suspects reported since 21 June 1988, when the disease became notifiable, up to 30 June 1990.
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Region and County Suspects Reported June 1990 Cumulative Total Northern Cleveland 2 28 Cumbria 24 333 Durham 3 80 Humberside 7 96 Northumberland 7 84 Tyne and Wear — 2 Yorkshire North 52 686 Yorkshire South 6 52 Yorkshire West 12 86 Midlands and West Cheshire 35 433 Derbyshire 20 257 Herefordshire and Worcestershire 15 382 Lancashire 42 421 Leicestershire 33 430 Manchester 1 16 Merseyside 1 9 Nottinghamshire 11 120 Salop 28 486
Region and County Suspects Reported June 1990 Cumulative Total Staffordshire 21 373 West Midlands — 13 Warwickshire 11 212 Eastern Bedfordshire 3 44 Cambridgeshire 5 71 Essex 8 87 Hertfordshire 4 91 Lincolnshire 6 152 Norfolk 23 262 Northamptonshire 11 150 Suffolk 22 213 South East Berkshire 7 118 Buckinghamshire 20 161 Hampshire 35 772 Isle of Wight 11 118 Kent 26 413 London — 7 Oxfordshire 27 328 Surrey 11 201 Sussex East 13 255 Sussex West 31 480 South West Avon 37 371 Cornwall 79 1,440 Devon 116 2,059 Dorset 90 1,607 Gloucestershire 46 667 Somerset 92 1,482 Wiltshire 64 1,168 Wales Clwyd 13 191 Dyfed 49 692 Glamorgan Mid 5 43 Glamorgan South 3 55 Glamorgan West 1 14 Gwent 6 146 Gwynedd 5 70 Powys 13 210 Scotland Borders 1 21 Central 1 29 Dumfries 7 142 Fife 2 45 Grampian 16 187 Highland 4 41 Lothian 1 25 Orkney — 12 Shetland — 2 Strathclyde 9 201 Tayside 4 67 Total 1,258 19,509