§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all the confirmed cases of BSE in England(a) in 1991 and (b) before 1991 on a county basis.
§ Mr. GummerThe information is as follows:
Number of cases County 1991 (Provisional) Before 1991 Bedfordshire 54 69 Cambridge 49 93 Essex 70 112 Hertfordshire 46 110 Lincolnshire 119 218 Norfolk 443 384 Northamptonshire 181 208 Suffolk 204 308 Cheshire 777 678 Derbyshire 339 386 Hereford and Worcestershire 312 467 Lancashire 546 536 Leicestershire 412 597 Manchester 20 28 Merseyside 13 13 Nottinghamshire 84 16
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Number of cases Age at onset (years) Age known Age estimated Total 2 22 24 46 3 2,499 501 3,000 4 5,658 1,485 7,143 5 3,402 1,282 4,684 6 1,378 643 2,021 7 509 266 775 8 132 70 202 9 41 31 72 10 14 21 35 11 8 5 13
Number of cases County 1991 (Provisional) Before 1991 Salop 386 610 Staffordshire 445 472 West Midlands 6 15 Warwickshire 191 248 Cleveland 22 32 Cumbria 536 463 Durham 60 96 Humberside 88 110 Northumberland 98 95 Tyne and Wear 5 3 Yorkshire North 721 939 Yorkshire South 55 82 Yorkshire West 106 109 Berkshire 91 162 Buckinghamshire 163 229 Hampshire 526 947 Isle of Wight 128 181 Kent 268 546 London 11 11 Oxfordshire 296 398 Surrey 140 243 Sussex East 228 351 Sussex West 387 636 Avon 404 533 Cornwall 1,464 1,915 Devon 1,965 2,738 Dorset 1,422 2,144 Gloucestershire 427 775 Somerset 1,876 2,184 Wiltshire 1,046 1,585
§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the location, including the county, of the incinerators which dispose of BSE-infected cattle that are currently operating in England and in each case give the potential capacity and actual capacity for throughput each week of infected cattle; whether he has plans to introduce new incinerators; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GummerAt present there are five incinerator plants in England used for the disposal of carcases of suspect BSE cattle. These are located in Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Somerset, Nottinghamshire and Avon. Along with two other incinerator plants in Wales these currently provide enough capacity to incinerate all suspect BSE carcases.
We expect that these facilities, together with another which will become operational shortly, should continue to prove sufficient to incinerate all such carcases.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give a breakdown of the age at death of cattle diagnosed as having BSE during 1991.
§ Mr. MacleanThe number of confirmed cases of BSE in 1991 in Great Britain by age at onset of clinical signs is as follows: 25W
Number of cases Age at onset (years) Age known Age estimated Total 12 1 1 2 13 1 2 3 17 — 1 1 Age unknown — — 1,623