§ Mr. GillTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many abattoirs have closed in each of the past 18 months. [131097]
§ Ms StuartI have been asked to reply.
The number of abattoirs in Great Britain which ceased operating in each month from January 1999 to June 2000 is in the table.
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Fresh meat Poultry meat, farmed game meat and rabbit meat Full throughput Low throughput Full throughput Low throughput 1999 January — — 1 2 February — 2 — 1 March — 3 — 1 April — 3 — 2 May 2 — — — June — 2 — — July — 3 — 1 August — — — — September — 1 — — October — 2 — — November 1 1 — 1 December — 2 1 —
Fresh meat Poultry meat, farmed game meat and rabbit meat Full throughput Low throughput Full throughput Low throughput 2000 January — — — 1 February 1 — — — March 3 4 1 — April 1 — — — May 2 2 — — June — 1 — — Total for Period 10 26 3 9