HC Deb 23 June 1997 vol 296 cc352-3W
Mrs. Ballard

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those hunt kennels which the State Veterinary Service has assessed to be unsatisfactory under the BSE enforcement programme, since 1 January. [3826]

Mr. Rooker

The State Veterinary Service (SVS) makes monthly unannounced visits to hunt kennels handling specified bovine material to audit the controls under the Specified Bovine Material Order 1997. Those premises at which failings were found during such visits since 1 January 1997 are listed below. The fact that failures have occurred does not necessarily mean that there is a risk to public health. Visits may be recorded as unsatisfactory for a variety of reasons, including minor, technical and short-lived problems. Following an unsatisfactory visit the operator of the premises is required to take immediate remedial action. A further unannounced visit is made shortly afterwards to check that this has been carried out.

List of hunt kennels that the SVS has assessed to be unsatisfactory since 1 January 1997

  • Sandhurst and Aldershot Beagles
  • Wishton Cottage
  • RMA Sandhurst
  • Camberley
  • Surrey
  • Belvoir Hunt Kennels
  • Woolsthorpe by Belvoir
  • Grantham
  • Lincolnshire
  • NG31 6QG
  • Puckeridge Hunt
  • Brent Pelham Hall
  • Buntingford
  • Hertfordshire
  • Holderness Hunt Kennels
  • Main Street
  • Etton
  • Beverley
  • North Humberside
  • HU17 7PG
  • The Chiddingfold Leconfield and Cowdray Foxhounds
  • The Hunt Kennels
  • Petworth
  • West Sussex
  • Bramham Moor Hunt Kennels
  • Hope Hall
  • Bramham Moor
  • Bramham
  • Boston Spa
  • West Yorkshire
    • 353
  • Pennine Foxhounds
  • Upper Snape Farm
  • Harder Mill Road
  • Meltham
  • Huddersfield
  • West Yorkshire
  • Llangibby Foxhounds
  • Hunt Kennels
  • Llangibby
  • Usk
  • Gwent
  • Devon and Somerset Stag Hounds
  • The Kennels
  • Exford
  • Minehead
  • Somerset
  • The Kennels
  • Brocklsby park
  • Habrough
  • South Humberside
  • DN37 8PJ
  • Zetland Hunt Kennels
  • The Kennels
  • Aldborough St. John
  • Richmond
  • Surrey
  • Tedworth Foxhounds
  • The Kennels
  • Westcourt
  • Burbage
  • Marlborough
  • Wiltshire
  • SN8 3BW

Number of staff less than £4/hour Full-time Number of staff less than £3.50/hour Number of staff less than £3/hour Number of staff less than £4/hour Part-time Number of staff less than £3.50/hour Number of staff less than £3/hour
Core MAFF 606 55 0 33 0 0
CEFAS 13 2 0 0 4 0
PSD 8 5 0 0 0 0
VMD 4 0 0 0 0 0
FRCA 8 5 0 2 1 0
VLA 27 0 0 7 0 0
MHS 1 0 0 0 0 0
CSL 2 0 0 1 0 0
Total 669 67 0 43 5 0

The figures in the left-hand columns do not incorporate the totals from the other columns.

The above figures reflect 1996–97 salaries as the 1997 pay reviews have not yet been implemented.