HC Deb 25 April 1991 vol 189 c547W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the area in acres and hectares, the number of sheep, and the number of farms currently under restriction, including the county or counties involved, as a result of the radioactive contamination following the Chernobyl accident.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Following the removal from 14 January 1991 of restrictions on a number of farms in Scotland, 148,647 acres (60,181 hectares), 116,000 sheep, post-lambing figure, and 63 farms in parts of Central region, Stirling district; Dumfries and Galloway region, Stewartry, Wigtown and Nithsdale disricts; Strathclyde region, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Kyle and Carrick, Cunninghame, Kilmarnock and Loudoun, East Kilbride and Eastwood districts are currently subject to restriction under the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Radioactivity in Sheep) Order 1991.