HC Deb 26 November 1993 vol 233 cc222-4W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many confirmed cases of BSE were reported between 1 January and 30 September 1993, from each county in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Mr. Soames

The numbers of suspected cases of BSE which were reported and placed under movement restrictions during the period 1 January to 30 September, and which have since been confirmed, are set out. These figures are correct up to 24 November but will change as further cases reported in that period are confirmed by laboratory examination.

County Number
England, Scotland and Wales
Avon 436
Bedfordshire 56
Berkshire 102
Borders 106
Buckinghamshire 216
Cambridgeshire 82
Central 49
Cheshire 1,060
Cleveland 43
Clwyd 427
Cornwall 1,507
Cumbria 891
Derbyshire 640
Devon 2,140
Dorset 1,270
Dumfries 452
Durham 117
Dyfed 1,328
Essex 130
Fife 69
Glammorgan Mid 36
Glamorgan South 76
Glamorgan West 22
Gloucestershire 424
Grampian 271
Gwent 178
Gwynedd 119
Hampshire 524
Hereford and Worcestershire 441
Hertfordshire 102
Highland 61
Humberside 152
Isle of Wight 99
Kent 304
Lancashire 956
Leicestershire 460
Lincolnshire 177
London 24
Lothian 51
Manchester 74
Merseyside 19
Norfolk 634
Northamptonshire 174
Northumberland 192
Nottinghamshire 160
Orkney 24
Oxfordshire 300
Powys 409
Shropshire 672
Somerset 1,800
Staffordshire 720
Strathclyde 327
Suffolk 299
Surrey 175
Sussex East 250
Sussex West 450
Tayside 96
Tyne and Wear 9
West Midlands 23
County Number
Warwickshire 256
Wiltshire 926
Yorkshire North 1,183
Yorkshire South 110
Yorkshire West 176
Northern Ireland
Antrim 79
Armagh 23
Down 45
Fermanagh 22
Londonderry 72
Tyrone 65