HC Deb 29 April 2002 vol 384 cc550-1W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total amount expended was on overnight accommodation for emergency staff working on the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001; and what proportion of this sum was spent in(a) guest-houses, (b) bed and breakfast accommodation and (c) small hotels. [51264]

Mr. Morley

Total payments for overnight subsistence for staff working on the Foot and Mouth crisis were as follows:

£
2000–01 971,470
2001–02 19,808,069

DEFRA does not hold records by the categories requested (Guest Houses, Bed and Breakfast, or small Hotels).

Paul Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the compensation levels paid for(a) cattle and (b) sheep slaughtered in the foot and mouth disease outbreak were; and what percentage they represent of the current values paid for restocking. [51282]

Mr. Morley

The compensation levels paid to farmers for cattle and sheep slaughtered in the foot and mouth disease outbreak is as follows:

£
Average cost per animal
Cattle 1,163.33
Sheep 153.19

The percentage in relation to the current value of restocking is not available because we do not have the restocking prices.