§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list for each of the last two years for which records are available(a) the total number of cattle slaughtered for food in the UK and (b) their gender. [109338]
§ Mr. MorleyThe requested figures are shown in the table. The gender of slaughtered calves is not collected.
(a) UK cattle slaughtered for human consumption1 (Th. head) 1998 19992 Adult cattle 2,297 2,217 Male 1,445 1,338 Female 853 879 Calves 32 75 1 Excludes cattle slaughtered under the over thirty months scheme and the Selective Cull and calves slaughtered under the Calf Processing Aid Scheme 2 Provisional