HC Deb 26 April 1995 vol 258 cc547-9W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cases of TB in cattle were reported in each county in each year since 1985. [20554]

Mrs. Browning

Complete information in the form requested is not available and that information which is available for the years 1985 to 1987 could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, the numbers of confirmed cattle tuberculosis breakdowns in each county of England in each of the years form 1988 to 1991 were as follows:

Year(s) in which cases occurred Number of herds Number of confirmed reactors
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
Northumberland 1988 1 1
1989 1 1
1990 2 2
Nottinghamshire 1988 1 1

Years(s) in which cases occurred Number of herds Number of confirmed reactors
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

In the period 1992 to 1994 the numbers of confirmed cattle tuberculosis breakdowns in each of the Ministry's administrative areas of England were as follows:

Year(s) in which cases occurred Number of herds Number of confirmed reactors
Berkshire/Buckinghamshire/Oxon 1993 2 9
1994 2 2
Cheshire 1994 1 1
Cornwall 1992 49 129
1993 82 277
1994 106 351
Cumbria 1992 3 12
1993 1 1
Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire 1994 1 1
Devon 1992 20 102
1993 46 99
1994 75 189
Dorset 1992 3 5
1993 8 21
1994 2 19
Durham/Tyne and Weir/Cleveland/Northumbria 1992 2 2
1993 1 1
1994 2 7
Gloucestershire and Avon 1992 37 120
1993 64 175
1994 63 214
Hereford/Worcestershire 1993 4 12
1994 12 83
Humberside 1992 1 1
Kent and east Sussex 1994 1 3

Year(s) in which cases occurred Number of herds Number of confirmed reactors
Lancashire/Merseyside 1992 1 1
1993 1 1
1994 1 1
Leicestershire 1992 2 2
1993 1 1
1994 1 1
Lincolnshire 1993 1 1
Somerset 1993 14 65
1994 7 15
Warwickshire and west Midlands 1992 2 4
1993 1 2
Wiltshire 1992 9 60
1993 18 89
1994 21 60
North Yorkshire 1992 4 4