§ Baroness Byfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will update the graph on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs website which shows "percentage of all cattle herds with reactors", so that it shows figures for 1962–2002 instead of 1962–1998; and [HL4100]
Why the graph on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs website, "percentage of all cattle herds with reactors" does not show figures beyond 1998. [HL4101]
§ Lord WhittyAs part of our response to the seventh report of Session 2002–03 by the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on badgers and bovine TB, the Government undertook to review the pages of the TB webpages of Defra's internet site. This will include decisions about whether to update or replace existing pages which have fallen behind or become obsolete. The Government's response was published by the committee on 24 June as the eighth special report of Session 2002–03.
The graph showing "percentage of all cattle herds with reactors (confirmed and unconfirmed) 1962–98" was intended as a "snapshot" update of a graph shown in the Krebs report. We will consider how useful it would be to update the information as part of the overall review of the webpages.