HC Deb 18 January 1993 vol 217 cc76-8W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cattle were infected with bovine tuberculosis for the last five years in each affected county.

Mr. Soames

The numbers of confirmed cattle tuberculosis breakdowns in each affected county in England and Wales for the years 1988–91 were as follows:

Year(s) in which cases occurred Number of herds Number of confirmed reactors
England
Avon 1988 8 42
1989 10 49
1990 9 10
1991 17 23
Bedfordshire 1988 1 1
1990 1 1
Cheshire 1991 1 2
Cornwall 1988 18 42
1989 45 110
1990 33 50
1991 47 107
Derbyshire 1988 6 7
1989 2 3
Devon 1988 17 33
1989 12 22
1990 19 35
1991 10 19
Dorset 1988 6 8
1989 5 5
1990 4 6
1991 4 10
Gloucestershire 1988 11 33
1989 13 31
1990 15 22
1991 36 47
Hampshire 1989 1 1
1991 1 1
Lancashire 1990 1 1
Leicestershire 1989 1 1
Lincolnshire 1989 1 2
Northamptonshire 1990 1 1

Year(s) in which cases occurred Number of herds Number of confirmed reactors
Northumberland 1988 1 1
1989 1 1
1990 2 2
Nottinghamshire 1988 1 1
Shropshire 1990 1 1
1991 1 1
Somerset 1988 2 2
Suffolk 1989 1 3
Surrey 1991 1 1
Sussex East 1989 1 5
1991 2 2
Sussex West 1989 1 12
1991 1 1
Warwickshire 1991 1 1
Wiltshire 1988 7 8
1989 4 4
1990 5 5
1991 3 7
Yorkshire North 1991 2 2
Yorkshire South 1989 1 1
1991 1 1

Year(s) in which cases occurred Number of herds Number of confirmed reactors
Wales:
Clwyd 1989 1 1
Dyfed 1988 12 16
1989 5 9
1990 8 21
1991 3 4
West Glamorgan 1988 1 1
Gwent 1989 1 4
Powys 1989 1 1

The total numbers of confirmed cattle tuberculosis breakdowns in each affected county in Scotland in the years 1988 to 1991 were as follows:

Number of herds Number of confirmed reactors
Scotland:
Aberdecnshire 7 12
Argyll 1 1
Ayrshire 7 9
Berwickshire 1 1
Inverness-shire 1 1
Kircudbright 3 4
Midlothian 1 1
Wigtown 4 5
Roxburgh 1 1
Shetland 1 1

Complete figures for 1992 in the form requested are not yet available. However, the numbers of confirmed cattle tuberculosis breakdowns in the first nine months of 1992 in each administrative region were as follows:

Number of herds Number of confirmed reactors
South Eastern 0 0
Eastern 0 0
Northern 6 6
South Western 104 364
Midlands and West 3 5
Wales 10 39
Scotland 2 3

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