§ Mr. GillTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the total number of cows of each identifiable breed in(a) the national dairy herd and (b) the national suckler herd. [14178]
§ Mr. RookerThe Department collects no information on the breakdown of cattle by breed, but the provisional results for England from the 1997 June Agricultural Census show that there are a total of(a) 1,701,000 cows in the national dairy herd and (b) 798,000 cows in the national suckler herd.