§ Mr. OlnerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the total number of slaughterhouses in England with EU export certificates for each standard region of the United Kingdom.
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§ Mrs. BrowningMAFF's records of slaughterhouses in England are maintained by state veterinary service region. At 8 December 1994 the number of slaughterhouses fully approved under EC directives 64/433/EEC for red meat and 71/118/EEC for poultry meat and therefore eligible to export to other member states of the European Union was 75 and 135 respectively. The breakdown by English region was:
Region Red meat Poultry meat Eastern region 17 44 South Eastern region 7 15 South Western region 16 12 Midlands and Western region 20 42 Northern region 15 22