HC Deb 08 January 2002 vol 377 c743W
Dr. Murrison

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many samples of imported meat have been tested for the classical swine fever virus in each month since testing began. [18413]

Mr. Morley

The tests are only carried out on illegally imported meat. To date four such samples have been tested, one in October 2000, two in November 2000 and one in January 2001. The virus isolation tests for classical swine fever proved negative in all cases.

Mr. Breed

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cases of classical swine fever there were in(a) 2000 and (b) 2001, broken down by (i) constituency and (ii) local authority. [24901]

Mr. Morley

There were 16 cases of classical swine fever in the UK in 2000, as follows:

UK Number of cases
County council
Suffolk 7
Norfolk 8
Essex 1
Total 16
District council
Suffolk, Coastal 4
Waveney 3
South Norfolk 4
Breckland 3
Broadland 1
Colchester 1
Total 16
Constituency
Suffolk, Coastal 6
Waveney 1
South Norfolk 4
South-West Norfolk 1
Mid-Norfolk 3
Colchester 1
Total 16

There were no cases of classical swine fever in the UK in 2001.