HC Deb 19 April 1996 vol 275 cc636-7W
Mr. Morgan

To 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. Hague

Figures for the number of herds and number of cases of BSE by old county names and year of notification are as follows:

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.