§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate his Department has made of the rat population of(a) the UK, (b) London, (c) Manchester, (d) Liverpool, (e) Newcastle, (f) Bristol and (g) Plymouth. [82460]
§ Mr. MorleyData on the incidence of rodents in England were collected in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions' 1996 English House Condition Survey on behalf of MAFF. The results should be published later this year. The sample size of the survey does not permit figures for individual local authorities to be produced.
Information for the other parts of the UK is the responsibility of the respective Secretaries of State.