HC Deb 20 January 1992 vol 202 cc74-5W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the location, including the county, of the incinerators which dispose of BSE-infected cattle that are currently operating in Wales 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. David Hunt

At present there are two incinerators in Wales used for this purpose, located in Dyfed and Clwyd. These together with incinerators located in England currently provide enough capacity to incinerate all suspect BSE carcases. I expect that these facilities will continue to prove sufficient to incinerate all such carcases from Wales.

Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list all the confirmed cases of BSE in Wales(a) in 1991 and (b) before 1991 on a county basis.

Mr. David Hunt

The number of cases of confirmed BSE in Wales on a county basis(a) in 1991 (b) before 1991 is as follows:

County 1991 Before 1991
Clwyd 288 287
Dyfed 1,019 1,015
Gwent 123 186
Gwynedd 63 73
Mid Glamorgan 35 60
Powys 191 232
South Glamorgan 44 66
West Glamorgan 6 13

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