HL Deb 14 October 1997 vol 582 c188WA
Lord Marlesford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answers by Lord Lucas on 23 January (WA 68–70) and by Lord Donoughue on 29 July (WA 32), what was the moving annual total of BSE cases reported in each 52-week period for each week so far this year.

Lord Donoughue

The following table shows the moving annual total of BSE cases reported during each of the first 30 weeks of this year:

Week 1997 52 week total reported
1 10,475
2 10,309
3 10,145
4 9,930
5 9,715
6 9,521
7 9,329
8 9,195
9 9,037
10 8,883
11 8,730
12 8,524
13 8,266
14 8,156
15 8,094
16 7,975
17 7,855
18 7,740
19 7,653
20 7,534
21 7,412
22 7,305
23 7,250
24 7,167
25 7,084
26 7,044
27 6,972
28 6,
29 6,818
30 6,732

Note:

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