§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has to authorise the storage of cattle carcases arising from his policy to cull bovine spongiform encephalopathy-infected cattle at(a) existing or (b) closed military bases. [32909]
§ Mr. BaldryAll cattle suspected of having BSE are incinerated and there is no need for storage facilities in such cases. With regard to cattle slaughtered under the over 30 month scheme, the Intervention Board executive agency and the MOD have agreed a lease whereby a number of MOD sites may be brought into use as and when needed for the storage of meat and bonemeal prior to final disposal. So far, only the site at Quedgley in Gloucester has been used for this purpose. Deliveries were made there between 20 May and 6 June, and have now ceased.
§ Mr. TylerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list by collection centres the number of animals slaughtered under the Government's cattle disposal scheme for each week since the week beginning Monday 29 April. [31628]
§ Mr. Boswell[holding answer 10 June 1996]: The number of cattle slaughtered under the over 30-month scheme by collection centre is not available. However, the number of animals slaughtered by approved abattoirs for each week since the scheme started, up to the latest week available, is:
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Slaughterings—week commencing Abattoir 29 April 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 May 3 June 10 June 17 June Nidderdale Foods 1— 1— 651 712 269 517 400 300 N W Meats 1— 1— 0 0 94 103 104 105 Nottingham Processing 1— 1— 0 0 272 300 298 136 Sims Foods 1— 1— 1,111 1,126 1,403 1,343 1,454 1,200 Skegness and District 1— 1— 0 0 90 99 98 100 R E Williams 1— 1— 0 0 90 91 93 95 Elliot 1— 1— 0 0 0 0 90 91 A B P Shrewsbury 1— 1— 1,834 2,660 2,406 2,449 2,572 2,379 D T Duggins/MMP 1— 1— 436 483 1,665 2,295 2,327 2,064 Alec Jarrett Ltd. 1— 1— 0 181 403 589 656 603 West Devon Meats 1— 1— 2,008 2,015 955 1,587 1,095 1,056 Stillmans 1— 1— 0 0 0 0 0 98 Abergavenny Slaughter 0 0 409 424 299 280 292 290 Welsh Country Foods 0 0 0 254 682 417 900 822 Messrs Dewi James 0 0 0 93 496 515 546 506 Buitelaar Kilmarnock 0 1,003 905 905 902 853 1,027 905 Glasgow Abattoir 0 624 722 804 694 680 646 651 Scottish Borders Abattoir 0 100 100 102 90 91 90 91 Scotch Premier Meat 0 1,150 929 1,084 916 867 981 899 Mclntosh Donald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J Kelly's 105 169 343 306 319 276 399 416 Top Cut Meat Co. 0 107 255 387 453 407 533 479 Highland Meats 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matheson Jess 0 0 100 303 503 267 349 0 Sandyford Abattoir 0 0 207 204 238 204 185 227 Dundee Abattoir 0 0 1 11 13 18 0 0 Biggar Quality Meat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 Orkney Meats 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 92 ABP Newry 0 201 255 343 499 497 510 378 ARDS Abattoir 0 207 255 358 569 596 530 523 Ballymena 0 188 0 306 292 294 355 287 Dungannon 0 206 0 362 600 614 644 504 Foyle Meats 0 202 0 0 0 0 0 0 Granville Meats 0 198 256 522 480 526 512 329 Lurgan Chilling Ltd. 0 201 252 359 494 489 497 443 Omagh Meats 0 204 426 371 390 506 493 536 W D Coleraine 0 202 630 714 389 436 471 461 Total 120 5,873 21,260 26,129 25,170 26,149 28,271 26,532 1 Figures by abattoir for England for weeks commencing 29 April and 6 May are not available.