TB Eradication Scheme

HC Deb 16 January 1992 vol 201 cc616-7W

Mr. Geraint Howells

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much has been paid in compensation in respect of cattle slaughtered in Wales under the tuberculosis eradication scheme in each year since 1980; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. David Hunt

Payments made under the bovine tuberculosis compensation scheme are detailed in the table. The information is only available on a financial year basis.

Year	Total compensation
	(£'s)
1980–81	35,911
1981–82	7,105
1982–83	6,918

Year	Total compensation
	(£'s)
1983–84	13,626
1984–85	28,680
1985–86	37,068
1986–87	42,491
1987–88	58,233
1988–89	37,045
1989–90	35,785
1990–91	86,159