HC Deb 11 July 2002 vol 388 cc1129-30W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment. Food and Rural Affairs what her estimate is of the incidence of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. [69092]

Mr. Morley

Confirmed cases of BSE in UK since 1997 are as follows.

Passive surveillance1 Active surveillance2
1997 4,335 0
1998 3,198 0
1999 2,263 18
2000 1,331 99
2001 812 372
20023 4253 5305
1Animals reported as showing clinical sign suspicious of having BSE.
2Animals tested on presentation for slaughter, without showing clinical signs suspicious of having BSE.
3To 28 June.
470 results pending at 28 June 2002.
522 results pending at 28 June 2002.

Weekly statistics showing the progress of the BSE epidemic in Great Britain are available on the DEFRA website at: http://defraweb/animalh/bse/bse-statistics/ level-3-incidence.html.