§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish a table, in the same format as their Written Answer of 22 May 2002 (WA 104) showing the number of cases of BSE confirmed each week in Britain during the calendar years 2002 and 2003 to date, together with the moving annual total of cases for each 52-week period. [HL4140]
§ Lord Whitty 89WA
The number of Active and Passive Surveillance cases of BSE confirmed in Great Britain during each week of 2002 and in the current year to 18 July and the moving annual totals of "confirmed" and "reported" cases for each 52-week period. 2002 Week No Passive Surveillance Active Surveillance Reported1 Number confirmed each week Running 52 week total Number confirmed each week Running 52 week total Running 52 week total 28 7 689 19 604 1120 29 1 680 0 604 1103 30 4 661 11 615 1096 31 4 658 7 622 1078 32 22 669 16 633 1078 33 9 642 9 642 1054 34 7 641 10 638 1049 35 6 643 5 637 1046 36 3 629 8 637 1033 37 8 626 4 741 1029 38 7 623 5 627 1016 39 7 600 19 640 998 40 11 578 7 637 978 41 6 572 6 621 970 42 8 550 11 624 951 43 9 544 2 601 940 44 4 516 7 602 933 45 13 517 18 605 939 46 5 513 2 582 924 47 13 515 12 591 906 48 22 536 23 586 899 49 3 514 31 611 893 50 11 514 6 601 883 51 5 507 9 598 879 52 1 508 0 598 876 1 Reported—number of cases placed under restriction during the period. Refers only to passive surveillance cases.
2003 Passive Surveillance Active Surveillance Reported Week No Number confirmed each week Running 52 Week total Number confirmed each week Running 52 Week total Running 52 Week total 1 0 508 0 598 878 2 7 496 15 613 865 3 2 476 10 623 851 4 2 466 28 600 844 5 4 468 7 586 830 6 5 448 7 564 828 7 6 439 4 538 817 8 5 435 37 568 795 9 6 425 5 558 784 10 3 418 13 567 777 11 5 409 15 551 776 12 2 392 13 564 767 13 8 388 13 543 764 14 3 391 2 545 751 15 2 367 12 544 734 16 0 366 5 519 717 17 7 353 16 535 702 18 0 337 0 522 681 19 8 338 16 530 678 20 1 324 0 529 664 21 6 323 22 539 648 22 3 310 2 532 642 23 5 315 8 539 648 24 0 298 7 524 637 25 4 294 0 519 626 26 2 291 17 520 612 27 5 296 1 521 605 28 4 293 10 512 599 29 2 294 2 514 594