§ Mr. LivseyTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the veterinary investigation centres which were closed between 1980 and 1997. [155602]
§ Ms Quin [holding answer 27 March 2001]I refer the to the letter from the Chief Executive of the Veterinary Laboratories Agency which lists the number of closures between 1980 and 1997.
Letter from Steve Edwards to Mr. Richard Livsey, dated 30 March 2001
The Minister has asked me to reply to your request for a list of Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) that were closed in each year between 1980 and 1997.
The attached table lists the VICs that were closed between these dates as well as new ones opened.
In 1995 the VICs were renamed regional Laboratories (RLs) when they merged with the Central Veterinary Laboratory to become the Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
Centres were closed and new ones opened as follows:
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Centres were closed and new ones opened as follows: Centre Closed/opened Centre Closed/opened 1980 — Aberystwyth — Bangor — Barton Hall (Preston—moved from Liverpool) Cambridge — Cardiff — Carmarthen — Gloucester — Langford (Bristol) — Leeds — Lincoln — Moulton (Northampton) — Newcastle — Norwich — Penrith — Reading — Shrewsbury — Starcross (Exeter) — Sutton Bonington (Loughborough) — Thirsk — Truro — Weybridge — Winchester — Worcester — Wye (Kent) — Total 24 1981 Weybridge Closed Total 23 1982 Chester (Sub centre of Shrewsbury) Opened Total 24 1983–1985 — Total 24 1986 Cardiff Closed Chester Closed Gloucester Closed Leeds Closed Moulton (Northampton) Closed Total 19 1987–1990 — Total 19 1991 Bangor Closed Lincoln Closed Wye (Kent) Closed Total 16 1992 — Total 16 1993 Cambridge Closed Norwich Closed Worcester Closed Bury St. Edmunds Opened Luddington (Stratford-upon-Avon) Opened Total 15
Centres were closed and new ones opened as follows: Centre Closed/opened 1994 Reading Closed Total 14 1995–2001 Aberystwyth — Barton Hall (Preston) — Bury St. Edmunds — Camarthen — Langford (Bristol) — Luddington (Stratford-upon-Avon) — Newcastle — Penrith — Shrewsbury — Starcross (Exeter) — Sutton Bonington (Loughborough) — Thirsk — Truro — Winchester — Total 14