HL Deb 29 July 1997 vol 582 cc30-1WA
Lord Marlesford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer given by Lord Lucas on 23 January (WA 67–70), how many cases of BSE were (a) reported and (b) confirmed in each week so far this year.

The Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Lord Donoughue)

The following table shows the number of cases of BSE reported and confirmed in Great Britain during each of the first 28 weeks of this year.

Week 1997 Number reported each week Number confirmed each week
1 98 50
2 140 203
3 126 167
4 117 136
5 99 103
6 125 121
7 131 179
8 118 136
9 125 114
10 134 133
11 153 86
12 125 109
13 99 95
14 117 16
15 104 74
16 118 211
17 111 58
18 121 112
19 95 23
20 117 109
21 115 195
22 73 64
23 115 133
24 85 76
25 87 113
26 131 120
27 94 73
28 88 72

Note:

Week 1 is the week ending on the first Friday of the year.

Confirmed cases are listed by the week in which disease was formally confirmed after laboratory examination of the brain. There is, therefore, no correlation in the table between the number of cases reported each week and the number confirmed in the same week.