HC Deb 07 February 2000 vol 344 c78W
Mr. John Cryer

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the location of each site where meat and bone meal is stored prior to incineration and the tonnage stored at each of these sites. [107933]

Ms Quin

At 31 December 1999 stocks of meat and bone meal produced from the rendering of animals under the Over-30-Month Scheme and Selective Cull Scheme were estimated at 459,712 tonnes. The material is stored at 15 locations in the UK as shown in the table.

Store location Tonnage as at 31 December 1999
Preston, Lancashire 21,447
Longton, Lancashire 35,040
Chorley, Lancashire 29,690
Liverpool, Merseyside 54,269
Widnes, Cheshire 2,535
Bankston Heath, Lincolnshire 92,841
Childs Ercall, Shropshire 9,991
Woodbury Salterton, Devon 11,677
Wrangton, Devon 49,224
Glenrothes, Fife 49,798
Kirknewton, Midlothian 22,314
Newtownabbey, County Antrim 11,822
Castledawson, Londonderry 23,882
Ballinderry, County Antrim 10,329
Newtonstewart, County Tyrone 34,853
Total 459,712

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