§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer on 2 April,Official Report, column 207, (1) if he will list the numbers of cattle affected by each outbreak of BSE, broken down by (a) year, (b) county and (c) type of herd; [25404]
(2) if he will list the figures for BSE outbreaks by cases and farms affected by (a) county and (b) year of notification. [25403]
§ Mr. HagueFigures for the number of herds and number of cases of BSE by old county names and year of notification are as follows:
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Number of cases by county and year of notification County 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Total Beef suckler herds Clwyd 1 1 6 9 85 145 119 71 37 4 478 Dyfed 1 2 11 43 94 171 213 112 40 4 691 Glamorgan Mid 0 0 1 3 7 12 18 17 9 0 67 Glamorgan South 0 2 1 1 3 16 15 3 2 0 43 Glamorgan West 0 0 0 1 1 8 16 6 8 0 40 Gwent 0 3 11 12 9 22 27 18 17 0 119 Gwynedd 0 1 5 11 24 74 84 41 28 4 272 Powys 0 8 43 74 133 278 322 234 150 14 1,256 Total 2 17 78 154 356 726 814 502 291 26 2,966 Mixed production herds Clwyd 0 2 5 5 6 26 27 16 4 0 91 Dyfed 0 3 11 45 83 135 129 86 35 3 530 Glamorgan Mid 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 8 Glamorgan South 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 0 11 Glamorgan West 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 6 Gwent 0 1 3 4 18 17 12 6 2 0 63 Gwynedd 0 0 5 5 10 9 16 11 6 2 64 Powys 0 0 3 1 2 5 14 6 3 0 34 Total 0 6 28 61 122 201 203 130 51 5 807
Number of herds by county and year of notification County 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 199 1996 2,806 Dairy herds Clwyd 1 2 49 79 143 216 250 192 128 19 Dyfed 12 54 159 313 582 826 835 606 343 42 Glamorgan Mid 0 1 6 12 13 14 17 10 7 0 Glamorgan South 1 3 16 12 23 30 41 26 20 3 Glamorgan West 0 1 1 5 7 13 8 6 5 0 Gwent 2 16 33 45 66 109 110 80 50 11 Gwynedd 1 5 15 13 36 57 53 41 24 7 Powys 0 6 20 38 69 129 139 111 69 14 Total1 17 88 299 517 939 1,394 1,453 1,072 646 96 1,631 Beef suckler herds Clwyd 1 1 5 8 32 58 65 42 16 3 Dyfed 1 2 11 39 77 139 167 91 37 4 Glamorgan Mid 0 0 1 2 7 12 15 10 9 0 Glamorgan South 0 1 1 1 2 7 6 3 1 0 Glamorgan West 0 0 0 1 1 6 11 5 5 0 Gwent 0 2 8 11 8 20 27 13 16 0 Gwynedd 0 1 5 11 22 63 79 38 25 4 Powys 0 8 39 64 115 225 263 183 124 11 Total1 2 15 70 137 264 530 633 385 233 22 321 Mixed production herds Clwyd 0 2 5 5 5 17 19 14 4 0 Dyfed 0 3 11 30 54 98 95 67 28 3 Glamorgan Mid 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 Glamorgan South 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 Glamorgan West 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 Gwent 0 1 2 3 8 8 5 4 2 0 Gwynedd 0 0 5 4 8 9 12 7 6 2 Powys 0 0 2 1 1 3 9 4 3 0 Total1 0 6 26 44 77 141 145 101 44 5 1 An individual herd may be included in the figures for more than one year.