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Written question asked by Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 February 2006. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Wednesday, 15 February 2006 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Bovine Tuberculosis

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what compensation was paid by her Department to farmers in Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency for cattle affected by bovine tuberculosis in (a) 2002 and (b) 2005;
Answer

Disaggregated data on compensation paid to farmers for cattle affected by bovine tuberculosis (TB) are not held centrally.Data on cases of bovine TB are not available at the level requested. Figures for the county of Shropshire are tabulated as follows.

Total new herd incidents Confirmed new herd incidents
2002 69 42
2003 86 51
2005 116 80
Note: 2005 data downloaded from the State Veterinary Service database on 16 January 2006. 2002 and 2003 data downloaded on 19 May 2005. All data are provisional and subject to change as more data become available.
(1) in 2001, the TB testing and control programme was largely suspended due to the foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak. When testing resumed in 2002, resources were concentrated on herds with overdue TB tests which would have had a longer period in which to contract the disease. Also the proportion of high risk herds tested immediately after the FMD outbreak was greater than that prior to the outbreak. As a result, data for 2002 is not comparable with other years.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
442 c2036W;442 c2036W; 50761
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Compensation Farmers Bovine tuberculosis Shropshire Shrewsbury Atcham
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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