§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number of confirmed cases of BSE by county in England and Wales in the months to(a) 17 December 1990 and (b) 17 January 1991.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information for England and Wales is as follows:
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County Month ending 17 December 1990 Month ending 17 January 1991 Avon 40 17 Bedfordshire 5 1 Berkshire 12 4 Buckinghamshire 25 4 Cambridgeshire 4 6 Cheshire 48 37 Cleveland 2 0 Clwyd 12 24 Cornwall 90 90 Cumbria 40 24 Derbyshire 14 5 Devon 41 129 Dorset 84 81 Durham 4 1 Dyfed 60 43 Essex 4 2 Glamorgan, Mid. 6 1 Glamorgan, South 2 2 Glamorgan, West 2 1 Gloucestershire 45 18 Gwent 7 1 Gwynedd 2 4 Hampshire 29 26 Hereford and Worcester 23 10 Hertfordshire 5 0 Humberside 7 1 Isle of Wight 4 10 Kent 14 15 Lancashire 22 29 Leicestershire 20 7 Lincolnshire 11 8 London 1 0 Manchester 2 1 Merseyside 3 0 Norfolk 27 16 Northants 9 8 Northumberland 6 4 Nottinghamshire 7 2 Oxon 19 11 Powys 12 19 Salop 33 23 Somerset 118 80 Staffordshire 31 18 Suffolk 8 6 Surrey 12 2 Sussex, East 12 15
County Month ending 17 December 1990 Month ending 17 January 1991 Sussex, West 37 17 West Midlands 1 1 Warwickshire 10 2 Wiltshire 67 57 Yorkshire, North 55 51 Yorkshire, South 6 1 Yorkshire, West 8 3 Total 1,168 938