§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will list the contracts presently held for disposal of bovine spongiform encephalopathy-infected carcases.
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Total number of cases by month confirmed and county—1993 County/month year January February March April May June July August September October November December Total Avon 82 63 65 55 59 53 38 37 31 57 58 37 635 Bedfordshire 11 8 13 7 4 11 8 6 6 2 9 13 98 Berkshire 21 14 14 8 18 9 8 13 13 15 17 7 157 Borders 15 20 15 11 15 15 5 9 10 10 13 16 154 Buckinghamshire 46 37 30 23 33 21 19 27 19 23 34 21 333 Cambridge 14 15 13 7 12 16 11 7 6 9 12 8 130 Central 3 9 10 1 5 2 11 5 3 4 9 5 67 Cheshire 166 172 136 122 115 142 98 125 100 109 166 106 1,557 Cleveland 6 8 7 4 4 5 0 9 2 5 3 5 58 Clwyd 48 67 54 53 39 67 51 50 48 54 49 44 624 Cornwall 145 318 222 209 129 205 156 79 151 218 135 157 2,124 Cumbria 149 134 117 150 88 94 79 83 104 90 145 95 1,328 Derbyshire 96 84 130 75 54 103 47 64 79 63 96 50 941 Devon 285 330 250 242 209 218 214 281 232 208 253 190 2,912 Dorset 180 181 162 203 107 181 110 163 124 131 178 102 1,822 Dumfries 72 58 68 45 66 66 36 56 22 68 68 46 671 Durham 23 16 14 12 13 14 3 12 12 20 16 16 171 Dyfed 190 229 179 157 151 149 136 119 133 130 194 136 1,903 Essex 20 14 21 13 19 18 14 18 11 15 22 14 199 Fife 13 8 7 8 10 6 3 9 10 8 9 14 105 Glamorgan Mid 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 1 4 1 10 5 51 Glamorgan South 8 16 11 5 9 7 7 8 9 9 10 7 106 Glamorgan West 6 2 1 0 6 3 3 0 2 6 4 3 36 Gloucestershire 95 57 82 52 50 40 31 47 41 60 63 34 652 Grampian 35 43 29 36 26 34 29 21 27 36 47 33 396 Gwent 27 37 31 19 25 11 16 22 13 13 23 18 255 Gwynedd 17 20 19 11 14 12 9 12 16 17 17 22 186 Hampshire 91 39 106 51 81 63 51 49 67 40 72 29 739 Hereford & Worcester 54 77 52 55 61 38 35 50 58 50 70 46 646 Hertfordshire 17 9 12 6 19 22 4 15 8 14 16 14 156 Highland 12 7 7 5 4 9 4 11 4 6 9 11 89 Humberside 31 19 19 15 20 16 12 22 17 16 13 14 214 Isle of Wight 14 8 24 14 13 18 3 5 8 11 13 6 137 Kent 64 17 34 25 63 52 23 30 48 25 35 39 455 Lancashire 158 105 130 173 103 125 78 89 104 95 120 75 1,355 Leicestershire 88 38 67 59 37 68 51 39 61 38 78 40 664 Lincolnshire 27 5 24 13 23 31 11 16 14 34 25 29 252 London 2 1 8 3 3 4 0 4 1 3 1 4 34 Lothian 8 8 5 6 3 8 3 4 3 9 3 8 68 Manchester 9 3 12 8 12 12 6 4 4 8 11 5 94 Merseyside 2 1 4 5 0 1 1 1 5 0 4 1 25 Norfolk 106 25 80 29 95 107 80 111 76 64 105 88 966 Northamptonshire 43 15 30 17 35 23 15 20 22 19 23 20 282 Northumberland 38 18 32 13 22 20 13 23 14 33 19 35 280 Nottinghamshire 19 18 26 21 27 19 13 16 19 9 19 6 212 Orkney 2 4 5 3 2 1 1 2 2 5 3 3 33 Oxford 66 39 44 44 33 39 21 49 20 24 46 29 454 Powys 56 59 46 49 33 47 45 48 56 36 66 53 594 Shropshire 98 98 80 68 74 90 59 79 61 71 101 67 946 Shetland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Somerset 287 268 270 220 110 316 163 167 216 175 227 116 2,535 Staffordshire 78 113 97 67 72 118 70 96 92 66 74 49 992 Strathclyde 59 66 47 29 47 50 19 32 26 60 61 44 540 Suffolk 56 22 33 35 48 54 22 44 28 32 47 43 464 Surrey 36 11 32 17 40 24 16 13 17 16 26 21 269 Sussex East 50 19 36 26 48 49 13 26 22 24 50 31 394 Sussex West 97 36 62 51 80 66 42 58 50 40 58 62 702 Tayside 19 13 11 12 13 4 12 10 10 17 11 12 144 Tyne and Wear 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 16 West Midlands 3 1 4 5 3 1 1 3 2 0 7 5 35 Warwickshire 34 27 43 27 34 29 22 35 27 30 35 27 370 Wiltshire 168 163 166 108 123 127 79 93 97 85 145 81 1,435
§ Mr. SoamesThe Ministry presently holds nine contracts for the incineration and 65 contracts for the transportation of carcases of cattle suspected of being affected by BSE, with companies throughout Great Britain. Specific information relating to these contracts is classified as commercial-in-confidence.
§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the number of cases of BSE by county for each month from January to December 1993.
§ Mr. SoamesThe numbers of cases of BSE in Great Britain listed by month of confirmation and county from January to December 1993 inclusive, are as follows:
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County/month year January February March April May June July August September October November December Total Yorkshire North 181 151 164 97 160 130 106 157 97 143 93 141 1,620 Yorkshire South 14 16 24 8 9 7 12 13 12 15 5 10 145 Yorkshire West 29 26 20 13 21 16 17 23 12 25 18 23 243