§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish an updated table showing the number of cases of BSE confirmed in Great Britain each week in the current year to date, together with the moving annual total of cases reported in each 52-week period. [HL4068]
§ The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Baroness Hayman)The following table shows the number of cases of BSE confirmed in Great Britain during each week of 2000 to date, together with the moving total of cases reported for each 52-week period.
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Week ending No. confirmed each week 52 week total reported 1 07-Jan-00 33 2,957 2 14-Jan-00 60 2,906 3 21-Jan-00 13 2,874 4 28-Jan-00 25 2,846 5 04-Feb-00 13 2,818 6 11-Feb-00 63 2,789 7 18-Feb-00 56 2,754 8 25-Feb-00 32 2,726 9 03-Mar-00 33 2,688 10 10-Mar-00 46 2,634 11 17-Mar-00 7 2,632 12 24-Mar-00 76 2,599 13 31-Mar-00 41 2,578 14 07-Apr-00 26 2,566 15 14-Apr-00 25 2,537 16 21-Apr-00 25 2,501 17 28-Apr-00 26 2,487 18 05-May-00 29 2,460 19 12-May-00 30 2,431 20 19-May-00 38 2,426 21 26-May-00 26 2,408 22 02-Jun-00 17 2,373 23 09-Jun-00 22 2,338
Week ending No. confirmed each week 52 week total reported 24 16-Jun-00 65 2,313 25 23-Jun-00 26 2,290 26 30-Jun-00 32 2,276 27 07-Jul-00 21 2,261 28 14-Jul-00 22 2,229 29 21-Jul-00 30 2,206 30 28-Jul-00 60 2,181 31 04-Aug-00 15 2,165 32 11-Aug-00 20 2,157 33 18-Aug-00 21 2,130 34 25-Aug-00 34 2,107 35 01-Sep-00 19 2,090 36 08-Sep-00 7 2,074 37 15-Sep-00 40 2,051 38 22-Sep-00 20 2,039 39 29-Sep-00 25 2,022 40 06-Oct-00 26 2,015 It should be noted that the rate of confirmation may not closely reflect the progress of the epidemic. This is because there may be a variable and sometimes long delay between slaughter and confirmation as a result of delays in laboratory diagnosis and administrative procedures. The delay between slaughter and confirmation is on average six to eight weeks but may on occasion be considerably longer.