HC Deb 05 February 1991 vol 185 cc108-9W
Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the number of cases of BSE-affected cattle in the years ending 31 December 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 for(a) Dyfed, (b) Wales and (c) Britain.

Mr. David Hunt

The numbers of confirmed cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Dyfed, Wales, and Great Britain during each of the years 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 were as set out in the following table. The 1990 figures are provisional.

Dyfed Wales Great Britain
1986 0 0 2
1987 8 8 132
1988 64 131 2,185

Dyfed Wales Great Britain
1989 212 459 7,136
1990 522 976 12,817
Total1 806 1,574 22,272
1 Number of cases at 31 December 1990.

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