Written question asked by Bill Wiggin (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 October 2005. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Bovine TB

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many outstanding tuberculosis tests for bovines there were in each year from 2000.

Answer

Data was not collected centrally for overdue tests before January 2002. Data from 2002–05 is given in the following table.

Outstanding tuberculosis tests for bovines
	Number
2002	6,283
2003	3,623
2004	2,739
2005	2,049
⁽²²⁾ 1 January to 30 September.
⁽²³⁾ Provisional data downloaded from the State Veterinary Service database TB Data Warehouse and subject to change as more data becomes available later in the year.

Secondary information