§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish an updated table showing the number of cases of BSE confirmed in Britain each week during the calendar year 2000, together with the moving annual total of cases for each 52-week period. [HL282]
§ Baroness Hayman:The following table shows the number of cases of BSE confirmed in Great Britain during each week of 2000, together with the moving annual total of cases reported for each 52-week period.
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Week Number No. confirmed each week 52 Week Total Reported 1 33 2,957 2 60 2,906 3 13 2,874 4 25 2,846 5 13 2,818 6 63 2,789 7 56 2,754
Week Number No. confirmed each week 52 Week Total Reported 8 32 2,726 9 33 2,688 10 46 2,634 11 7 2,632 12 76 2,599 13 41 2,578 14 26 2,566 15 25 2,537 16 25 2,501 17 26 2,487 18 29 2,460 19 30 2,431 20 38 2,426 21 26 2,408 22 17 2,373 23 22 2,338 24 65 2,313 25 26 2,290 26 32 2,276 27 21 2,262 28 22 2,229 29 30 2,206 30 60 2,181 31 15 2,165 32 20 2,157 33 21 2,130 34 34 2,107 35 19 2,090 36 7 2,074 37 40 2,051 38 20 2,039 39 25 2,022 40 26 2,017 41 50 2,025 42 26 2,005 43 26 2,000 44 18 1,997 45 31 1,975 46 25 1,964 47 24 1,946 48 17 1,941 49 36 1,923 50 21 1,906 51 23 1,882 52 0 1,869 Note: Week 1 is the week ending Friday 7 January 2000. These figures are affected by a variable delay between slaughter and confirmation as a result of the various times required for laboratory diagnosis and administrative procedures. The time between slaughter and confirmation is, on average, six to eight weeks but may on occasion be considerably longer.
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