HL Deb 08 November 2001 vol 628 cc41-2WA
Lord Marlesford

asked 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 2001 to date, together with the moving annual total of cases for each 52-week period. [HL952]

Lord Whitty

The table provided shows the number of cases of BSE confirmed in Great Britain each week during the calendar year 2001 to date, together with the moving annual total of cases for each 52-week period.

2001
Week Number Number confirmed each week 52 week Total Confirmed 52 week Total Reported
1 20 1,528 1,836
2 38 1,506 1,813
3 14 1,507 1,802
4 12 1,494 1,780
5 11 1,492 1,760
6 12 1,441 1,743
7 35 1,420 1,732
8 14 1,402 1,705
9 14 1,383 1,689
10 11 1,348 1,674
11 7 1,348 1,637
12 14 1,286 1,614
13 5 1,250 1,597
14 21 1,245 1,572
15 13 1,233 1,564
16 6 1,214 1,557
17 13 1,201 1,541
18 19 1,191 1,525
19 16 1,177 1,495
20 16 1,155 1,472
21 16 1,145 1,443
22 15 1,143 1,433
23 9 1,130 1,426
24 16 1,081 1,410
25 15 1,070 1,400
26 13 1,051 1,389
27 17 1,047 1,380
28 18 1,044 1,388
29 10 1,024 1,382
30 23 987 1,376
31 7 979 1,373
32 16 975 1,361
33 36 990 1,368
34 22 978 1,356
35 9 968 1,363
36 25 986 1,360
37 11 957 1,353
38 29 966 1,350
39 36 977 1,344
40 43 994 1,334
41 33 977 1,321
42 38 989 1,309

Note: Week 1 is the week ending Friday 5 January 2001, and week 42 is the week ending 19 October 2001

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.