§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list for(a) each EU country (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) Northern Ireland the number of BSE cases recorded in each of the last three years for which figures are readily available and the figures for this year to the latest available date, indicating for each of the United Kingdom countries the figures for each month of the current year to 30 September. [55495]
§ Mr. Rooker[pursuant to his reply, 21 October 1998, c. 1154]: Figures for confirmed BSE cases in other EU countries for 1995, 1996, 1997 and to the end of September 1998, supplied to us by the Commission, are given in the table:
EU country 1995 1996 1997 1998 (to 30 September 1998) Belgium — — 1 4 France 3 12 6 10 Germany1 — — 2 — Luxembourg — — 1 — Netherlands — — 2 1 Portugal 14 29 30 60 Republic of Ireland 16 73 77 46 1 Germany has reported no homebred cases of BSE