§ Mr. RandallTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the(a) total number of carcases and (b) total amount of revenue claimed from the European Union in compensation for cattle disposed of under the over-thirty-months scheme for each month since the scheme began. [114825]
§ Ms QuinFull entitlement of EU reimbursement in respect of eligible over-thirty-months scheme (OTMS) animals is payable when the carcase is incinerated. In respect of animals which are rendered, reimbursement of full entitlement is payable once the equivalent amount of meat and bone-meal and tallow have been incinerated, although an 80 per cent. advance of the entitlement can be claimed once the animals have been rendered.
Reimbursement by month, and the number of carcases to which reimbursement relates, is shown in the table.
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Month of claim Number of animals rendered/incinerated Amount of claim (£) July 1996 5,581 1,873,670.99 August 1996 5,165 1,695,156.40 September 1996 5,916 1,933,664.20 October 1996 7,616 2,489,349.19 November 1996 435,391 115,431,499.80 December 1996 5,483 1,569,572.70 January 1997 235,588 59,427,571.28 February 1997 142,782 33,202,079.85 March 1997 19,007 4,341,057.71 April 1997 27,011 6,047,245.68 May 1997 64,464 14,419,814.34 June 1997 54,584 11,579,134.78 July 1997 55,234 12,036,824.45 August 1997 70,891 14,858,390.25 September 1997 68,682 13,014,092.30 October 1997 379,311 83,558,624.57 November 1997 71,852 12,025,811.74 December 1997 57,932 9,658,691.62 January 1998 8,067 1,642,765.95 February 1998 142,260 23,462,250.74 March 1998 77,131 12,952,651.28 April 1998 77,349 13,008,253.72 May 1998 51,417 8,691,811.79 June 1998 63,749 10,693,139.72 July 1998 51,396 8,449,852.40
Month of claim Number of animals rendered/incinerated Amount of claim (£) August 1998 48,385 8,104,191.12 September 1998 61,972 10,221,809.76 October 1998 221,688 46,272,929.96 November 1998 62,756 10,272,806.75 December 1998 85,417 14,083,784.24 January 1999 147,372 24,697,959.10 February 1999 75,958 12,913,319.20 March 1999 80,933 13,807,393.47 April 1999 74,618 12,546,061.20 May 1999 74,967 12,408,382.97 June 1999 68,065 11,074,018.67 July 1999 71,167 11,384,673.89 August 1999 56,197 8,997,993.17 September 1999 58,577 9,446,835.73 October 1999 49,368 7,945,399.51 November 1999 122,340 31,192,833.45 December 1999 75,685 12,252,040.94 January 2000 133,923 22,070,192.22 February 2000 98,747 15,727,238.56 Total 3,851,994 773,482,841.36
§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the location of each site currently burning meat and bone-meal produced under the over-thirty-months scheme, and the names of the companies operating each site. [115111]
§ Ms QuinI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Uxbridge (Mr. Randall) on 24 January 2000,Official Report, column 10W.
§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the precautionary principle has been adopted in the decision to(a) allow storage of meat and bonemeal from over-thirty-months scheme cattle prior to incineration, (b) allow the storage of meat and bonemeal from over-thirty-months scheme cattle over a long period of time, (c) allow the incineration of meat and bonemeal from over-thirty-months scheme cattle that has been stored over a long period of time, (d) choose contracts offering rendering of over-thirty-months scheme cattle prior to incineration rather than those offering direct incineration and (e) allow tallow from over-thirty-months scheme cattle to be used as fuel. [115113]
§ Ms QuinThe Environment Agency commissioned a number of assessments on the risk to human health from BSE via environmental pathways, which included the storage and processing of over-thirty-months scheme (OTMS) material. (Cattle showing clinical signs suggestive of BSE cannot enter the OTMS). The risk assessments were produced in consultation with SEAC, and were based on the precautionary principle. These showed the risks to the most exposed individual to be negligible, endorsing SEAC's advice in 1996. Copies of the risk assessments, which were published in June 1997, were placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the total costs for transporting meat and bone meal produced under the Over-30-Months scheme from storage locations to incinerators. [115112]
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§ Ms QuinTransport costs range from £9.50 and £13.50 per tonne of Meat and Bone Meal (MBM) depending on the location of the storage site and the distance to the incinerator.