Mr. HinchcliffeMr. Hinchcliffe: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 6 November,Official Report, column 581, if he will list the ages of confirmed BSE cases in (i) 1996 and (ii) 1995, in the categories, (a) under two years, (b) two to three years of cows at slaughter aged typically six to seven years, (c) three to four years, (d) four to five years, (e) five to six years, (f) six to seven years, (g) seven to eight years, (h) over eight years and (i) age unknown. [5599]
§ Mrs. Browning[holding reply given on 26 November 1996]The following table details the number of confirmed BSE cases reported in Great Britain in 1995 and 1996 by age. It includes estimated ages.
Age 1995 19961 Under 2 0 0 2–3 10 7 3–4 483 217 4–5 1,784 1,144 5–6 3,521 1,247 6–7 3,265 1,280 7–8 3,174 912 8 and over 1,548 1,146 Unknown 513 236 Total 14,298 6,189 1This data is incomplete because of the time lapse between report and confirmation. It has not been possible to provide the data requested in the second part of (b) as it is unclear precisely what is required.