§ Lord Greavesasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many outbreaks of sudden oak death have occurred in each English county and in Wales and Scotland respectively; how many of these have been in nurseries and similar establishments; and how many in established gardens, woods and other locations "in the wild". [HL709]
§ Lord WhittyThe information on outbreaks ofPhytophthora ramorum is as follows:
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Total Retail and nurseries Established gardens, woods and other wild Total nurseries planting areas England Berkshire 4 4 Buckinghamshire 6 6 Cambridgeshire 5 5 Cheshire 19 19 Cornwall 15 4 11 County Durham 2 2 Cumbria 8 5 3 Derbyshire 5 4 1 Devon 4 1 3 Dorset 9 7 2 East Sussex 8 8 East Yorkshire 1 1 Essex 5 5 Gloucestershire 5 5 Gtr Manchester 3 3 Hampshire 16 13 3 Hereford 1 1 Hertfordshire 1 1 Isle of Wight 2 2 Kent 8 8 Lancashire 16 15 1 Leicestershire 1 1 Lincolnshire 4 4 London 4 4 Manchester 3 3 Merseyside 1 1 Middlesex 3 3 Norfolk 5 5 North Yorkshire 7 7 Northamptonshire 5 5
Total Retail and and other wild Total nurseries Established gardens. woods and other wild planting areas Northumberland 2 2 Nottinghamshire 2 2 Oxfordshire 1 1 Shropshire 5 5 Somerset 6 6 South Yorkshire 4 4 Staffordshire 4 2 2 Suffolk 2 2 Surrey 26 25 1 Telford & Wrekin 1 1 Tyne & Wear 1 1 Warwickshire 4 4 West Midlands 2 2 West Sussex 30 23 7 West Yorkshire 6 6 Wiltshire 4 4 Wirral 1 1 Worcestershirel 4 3 1 281 245 36 Wales Bridgend 1 1 Conwy 1 1 Dyfed 2 2 Glamorgan 2 2 Gwynedd 5 5 Monmouthshire 2 2 Newport 1 1 Pembrokeshire 2 1 Powys 3 3 Swansea 1 1 Wrexham 1 1 21 18 3 Scotland(regions) Ayrshire 1 1 Borders 1 1 Edinburgh & Lothians 4 4 Fife 5 5 Forth Valley 1 1 Grampian 4 4 Highland 3 3 Lanarkshire 2 2 Renfrewshire 2 2 Tayside 1 1 24 23 1