Mr. MartiewTo ask the Secretary of State foc Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cases of bovine TB there have been in Cumbria in each of the last five years. [116174]
§ Mr. MorleyPursuant to my answer of 4 June 2003,Official Report, column 406W, the table shows the number of new bovine TB herd incidents and confirmed new bovine TB incidents in Cumbria 1998–2002. A TB incident is confirmed if typical lesions are found at post mortem, or if Mycobacterium bovis (the causative organism for bovine tuberculosis) is isolated from tissue samples in laboratory examination.
Operator (Works) Fuel1 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Lafarge (Hope) Tyres 0 0 0 0 2,880 Lafarge (Cauldon) Tyres 17,382 13,695 23,859 27,869 23,751 Lafarge (Westbury) Tyres 0 3,635 0 1,333 8,545 Castle (Ketton) SLF 26,645 34,038 30,782 26,476 31,834 Tyres 372 1,932 2,838 1,472 2,305 Solid Waste 0 329 551 0 7,890 Castle (Ribblesdale) SLF 41,812 40,113 15,829 34,189 47,184 Rugby (Barrington) SLF 19,932 24,647 21,531 22,837 19,327 Rugby (Southam) SLF 10,792 9,148 1,554 Closed Closed Blue Circle (Blakenham) SLF 2,721 216 Closed Closed Closed 1 SLF ("Substitute Liquid Fuel") includes both Cemfuel(r). Solid Water is exclusive Profuel(r) manufactured from paper, cardboard and packaging type wastes.