§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the total number of bovine spongiform encephalopathy cases which have been confirmed, by covenient geographical area within Scotland.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonBovine spongiform encephalopathy was made notifiable on 21 June 1988. Records kept from November 1986 to 8 June 1990 show 456 confirmed cases have been recorded in Scotland. The incidence by region is as follows:
Number Borders 15 Central 17 Dumfries and Galloway 79 Fife 30 Grampian 104 Highland 29 Lothian 14 Orkney 6 Shetland 2 Strathclyde 125 Tayside 35 Western Isles —