§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many incidents of sheep scab there have been in each county of England in each year since 1988; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SoamesThe numbers of outbreaks of sheep scab in each county of England from 1988 to 1992 are listed in the table. Figures are not available after June 1992, when the obligation to notify ended.
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County 1988 1989 1990 1991 11992 Avon — 1 1 1 1 Bedfordshire — — 2 — — Buckinghamshire — — 1 3 1 Cambridgeshire — 1 1 — — Cheshire 4 1 2 2 2 Cornwall 2 15 11 13 6 Cumbria — — — — 1 Derbyshire 2 1 6 4 1 Devon 3 15 6 16 13 Dorset 3 4 1 2 1 East Sussex — — — 2 — Essex — 1 — 2 — Gloucestershire 1 — 4 11 —
County 1988 1989 1990 1991 11992 Hereford and Worcester 1 3 2 1 1 Hertfordshire — — 1 — — Humberside — — 5 — — Lancashire — — 9 15 7 Leicestershire — — 1 5 4 Lincolnshire 2 — 1 1 3 Merseyside — 1 — — Norfolk — — 7 2 — North Yorkshire — — — — 5 Northamptonshire — — 7 1 — Northumberland — — — — 1 Nottinghamshire — — 1 — 1 Oxfordshire — — 1 1 — Shropshire 3 2 2 1 3 Somerset 4 10 7 3 5 Staffordshire — 3 1 2 3 Suffolk — — 1 2 — Warwickshire 1 — — — 2 West Yorkshire — — — 6 — Wiltshire — 3 — — 2 Totals 26 60 82 96 63 1 January-June only.