HC Deb 24 April 2002 vol 384 cc278-81W
Miss McIntosh

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations she has received concerning the necessity of United Kingdom pig producers insuring against consequential losses caused by foot and mouth and swine fever. [51759]

Mr. Morley

The pig sector is represented on the animal disease insurance working group which my officials are leading. The group has met on 6 March and 9 April and is meeting again on 8 May.

Mr. Luff

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answers of 16 April about slaughter on contiguous premises refs 47603 and 47604, if she will provide the tables of figures on which the graphs were based. [51755]

Mr. Morley

Pursuant to my answer of 16 April 2002,Official Report, column 887W, following is the table of figures on which the graphs showing time taken to slaughter on contiguous premises were based.

Contiguous premises—time taken to slaughter
Slaughtered within
Owner report date Total IPs 48 hours 72 hours 96 hours Greater than 96 hours of which greater than 120
2001
19 February to 25 February 4 0 0 1 3 3
26 February to 4 March 17 0 1 1 15 9
5 March to 11 March 15 0 0 0 15 15
12 March to 18 march 63 0 3 5 55 48
19 March to 25 March 188 2 8 7 171 150
26 March to 1 April 430 7 30 46 347 258
2 April to 8 April 436 9 42 64 321 220
9 April to 15 April 369 9 44 89 227 104
16 April to 22 April 159 5 42 47 65 24
23 April to 29 April 89 5 27 29 28 13
30 April to 6 May 64 4 20 16 24 5
7 May to 13 May 99 6 23 29 41 18
14 May to 20 May 64 2 15 17 30 2
21 May to 27 May 74 4 30 22 18 5
28 May to 3 June 109 4 37 43 25 7
4 June to 10 June 91 1 33 35 22 4
11 June to 17 June 86 6 41 26 13 1
18 June to 24 June 56 6 21 19 10 4
25 June to 1 July 62 4 35 14 9 7
2 July to 8 July 67 7 33 20 7 6
9 July to 15 July 61 5 33 12 11 3
16 July to 22 July 44 7 25 4 8 5
23 July to 29 July 31 9 16 4 2 1
30 July to 5 August 48 3 23 14 8 3
6 August to 12 August 54 10 26 11 7 3
13 August to 19 August 38 7 24 6 1 0
20 August to 26 August 30 3 17 10 0 0 0
27 August to 2 September 46 0 20 16 10 6
3 September to 9 September 35 5 16 9 5 3
10 September to 16 September 13 2 8 2 1 0
17 September to 23 September 17 2 15 0 0 0
24 September to 30 September 7 3 2 2 0 0
Grand total 2,966 137 710 620 1,499 927

Mr. Luff

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answers of 17 April about slaughter on infected premises, refs 47602 and 47605, if she will provide the tables of figures on which the graphs were based. [51756]

Infected premises—time taken to slaughter
Owner report date Total IPs 24 hours 48 hours 72 hours >72 hours of which >96
19 February to 25 February 2001 10 0 3 4 3 1
26 February to 4 March 2001 49 1 13 10 25 18
5 March to 11 March 2001 84 11 20 17 36 20
12 March to 18 March 2001 146 16 50 42 38 19
19 March to 25 March 2001 236 28 78 82 48 15
26 March to 1 April 2001 226 57 109 47 13 6
2 April to 8 April 2001 170 64 93 10 3 1
9 April to 15 April 2001 110 49 51 7 3 1
16 April to 22 April 2001 73 37 32 3 1 1
23 April to 29 April 2001 37 18 14 5 0 0
30 April to 6 May 2001 28 14 13 0 1 1
7 May to 13 May 2001 19 14 4 1 0 0
14 May to 20 May 2001 16 8 8 0 0 0
21 May to 27 May 2001 20 8 11 1 0 0
28 May to 3 June 2001 25 17 7 0 1 1
4 June to 10 June 2001 13 8 5 0 0 0
11 June to 17 June 2001 20 16 3 1 0 0
18 June to 24 June 2001 13 7 3 1 2 2
25 June to 1 July 2001 13 9 4 0 0 0
2 July to 8 July 2001 16 10 6 0 0 0
9 July to 15 July 2001 11 9 1 0 1 1
16 July to 22 July 2001 13 12 0 0 1 0
23 July to 29 July 2001 15 12 2 0 1 1
30 July to 5 August 2001 20 9 7 3 1 1
6 August to 12 August 2001 9 7 2 0 0 0
13 August to 19 August 2001 11 9 2 0 0 0

Mr. Morley

Pursuant to his reply, 17 April 2002,Official Report, c. 931W, set out as follows in the table of figures on which the graphs showing time taken to slaughter on infected premises were based.

Infected premises—time taken to slaughter
Owner report date Total IPs 24 hours 48 hours 72 hours >72 hours of which >96
20 August to 26 August 2001 10 7 3 0 0 0
27 August to 2 September 2001 10 4 4 2 0 0
3 September to 9 September 2001 10 6 3 1 0 0
10 September to 16 September 2001 5 3 2 0 0 0
17 September to 23 September 2001 3 2 1 0 0 0
24 September to 1 October 2001 3 2 1 0 0 0
Grand total 1,444 474 555 237 178 89