§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will update, in respect of the first 11 weeks of 1997, the figures for the number of reported and confirmed cases of BSE as set out in their written Answer of 23 January 1997 (H.L. Deb., WA 67–70).
Lord LucasThe following table shows the number of cases confirmed during the first 11 weeks of 1997 with a moving annual total of cases reported.
Week number 52 week total Number confirmed each week 1 10,466 80 2 10,297 203 3 10,132 167 4 9,917 136 5 9,702 103 6 9,508 121 7 9,315 179 8 9,177 140 9 9,015 114 10 8,854 133 11 8,636 16