§ Mr. MacKayTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many animals have been slaughtered, broken down by region, as a result of the welfare slaughter programme. [16056]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Livestock Welfare (Disposal) Scheme was opened on 22 March 2001, to deal with severe welfare problems arising from the foot and mouth disease movement restrictions that cannot be dealt with by any other means. As at 21 November, the Livestock Welfare (Disposal) Scheme had slaughtered and made payment on a total of 1,625,652 animals since it opened. Of these, 945,554 came from England (58.2 per cent.), 108,748 came from Scotland (6.7 per cent.) and 571,350 came from Wales (35.1 per cent.). The Livestock Welfare (Disposal) Scheme does not operate in Northern Ireland.
265WThe number of animals in England that the Livestock Welfare (Disposal) Scheme had slaughtered and made payment on can be broken down further:
- 49,871 animals in east England (which is 5.3 per cent. of the England total and 3.1 per cent. of the GB total)
- 54,002 animals in the east midlands (which is 5.7 per cent. of the England total and 3.3 per cent. of the GB total)
- 61,542 animals in the north-east (6.5 per cent. of the England total and 3.8 per cent. of the GB total)
- 107,176 animals in the north-west (which is 11.3 per cent. of the England total and 6.6 per cent. of the GB total)
- 58,854 animals in the south-east (which is 6.2 per cent. of the England total and 3.6 per cent. of the GB total)
- 252,921 in the south-west (which is 26.8 per cent. of the England total and 15.6 per cent. of the GB total)
- 229,672 animals in the west midlands (which is 24.3 per cent. of the England total and 14.1 per cent. of the GB total)
- 131,434 in Yorkshire and the Humber (which is 13.9 per cent. of the England total and 8.1 per cent. of the GB total)
- 82 animals in Greater London (which is 0.1 per cent. of the England total and less than 0.1 per cent of the GB total).