HC Deb 29 June 1992 vol 210 cc399-400W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the total number of confirmed cases of BSE in each county or region in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1992 to the latest available date.

Mr. Gummer

The number of cases confirmed for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from 3 January 1992 to 19 June 1992 is as follows:

County-region Confirmed cases
England:
Avon 291
Bedfordshire 39
Berkshire 79
Buckinghamshire 130
Cambridgeshire 49
Cheshire 646
Cleveland 19
Cornwall 1,212
Cumbria 537
Derbyshire 432
Devon 1,604
Dorset 1,067
Durham 68
Essex 69
Gloucestershire 274
Hampshire 326
Hereford and Worcester 259
Hertfordshire 37
Humberside 63
Isle of Wight 70
Kent 205
Lancashire 553
Leicestershire 293
Lincolnshire 93
London 13
Manchester 18
Merseyside 20
Norfolk 407
Northamptonshire 133
Northumberland 107
Nottinghamshire 87
Oxfordshire 255
Salop 405
Somerset 1,381
Staffordshire 700
Suffolk 172
Surrey 133
Sussex East 196

Mr. Soames

Since 1985 the structure of the State Veterinary Service has changed several times. For example, the Central Veterinary Laboratory, which formed part of the State Veterinary Service, attained agency status in April 1990. In order to allow direct comparisons, the figures provided relate to veterinary, technical and scientific staff in headquarters, the field and investigation services only. The CVL figures are not incorporated in this return.

County-region Confirmed cases
Sussex West 331
Tyne and Wear 5
Warwickshire 148
West Midlands 11
Wiltshire 718
Yorkshire North 668
Yorkshire South 47
Yorkshire West 93
Wales:
Clwyd 262
Dyfed 908
Glamorgan Mid 18
Glamorgan South 54
Glamorgan West 12
Gwent 109
Gwynedd 61
Powys 209
Scotland:
Borders 44
Central 12
Dumfries 229
Fife 29
Grampian 102
Highland 23
Lothian 22
Orkney 7
Shetland 2
Strathclyde 167
Tayside 38
Western Isles 0
Northern Ireland:
Antrim 43
Armagh 5
Down 17
Fermanagh 7
Londonderry 17
Tyrone 21