§ Lord Marlesfordasked 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 and the year 2002 to date, together with the moving annual total of cases for each 52-week period. [HL4296]
§ Lord Whitty 105WA
The number of cases of BSE confirmed in Great Britain during each week of 2001 and in the current year to 10 May, and the moving annual totals of "confirmed" and "reported" cases for each 52-week period 2001 2002 Week number Number confirmed each week 52-week total confirmed 52-week total reported Week number Number confirmed each week 52-week total confirmed 52-week total reported 25 15 1,096 1,400 26 13 1,083 1,389 27 17 1,068 1,380 28 18 1,065 1,388 29 10 1,054 1,382 30 23 1,047 1,376 31 7 994 1,373 32 16 995 1,361 33 36 1,011 1,368 34 22 1,012 1,356 35 9 987 1,363 36 25 993 1,360 37 11 997 1,353 38 29 986 1,350 39 36 1,002 1,344 40 43 1,020 1,333 41 33 1,027 1,320 42 38 1,015 1,309 43 40 1,029 1,306 44 38 1,041 1,285 45 27 1,050 1,278 46 34 1,053 1,275 47 14 1,042 1,267 48 29 1,047 1,240 49 31 1,061 1,230 50 27 1,052 1,217 51 24 1,055 1,223 52 0 1,032 1,216 *The number of confirmed cases is increasing due to the enhanced BSE surveillance that has been carried out since July 2001. Cases found as a result of this active surveillance are not included in the number of reported cases.