Meat Inspectors

HC Deb 09 January 1996 vol 269 c141W

Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many meat inspectors were employed in each region since 1990.

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

At June 1995 the number of meat inspectors employed by the Meat Hygiene Service in each regional or islands council area of Scotland was as follows.

Region/islands council	Number of meat inspectors
Borders	5
Central	4
Dumfries and Galloway	7
Fife	1
Grampian	34
Highland	1
Lothian	17
Strathclyde	19
Tayside	18
Orkney Islands	2
Shetlands	Nil
Western Isles	Nil
Total	108

Prior to the establishment of the Meat Hygiene Service such information was not collected centrally.