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Written question asked by Lord Greaves (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 January 2008.

Sudden Oak Death Virus

Question
asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answer by Lord Whitty on 20 January 2004 (WA 135), whether they will update the table in that Answer with further columns to show new cases of sudden oak death virus since then.
Answer

The number of outbreaks of Phytophthora ramorum in England and Wales as of May 2007 and in Scotland to December 2007 are detailed below. More up to date information for England and Wales is being collated and will be provided when available.

Total Retail and nurseries Establishing gardens, woods and other wild planting areas
England
Avon 4 4
Bedfordshire 1 1
Berkshire 5 5
Buckinghamshire 8 8
Cambridgeshire 10 9 1
Cheshire 29 24 5
Cleveland 3 2 1
Cornwall 91 10 81
County Durham 8 3 5
Cumbria 13 9 4
Derbyshire 9 8 1
Devon 16 5 11
Dorset 10 7 3
East Sussex 10 10
East Yorkshire 9 9
Essex 5 5
Gloucestershire 8 8
Greater Manchester 11 9 2
Hampshire 24 18 6
Hereford 2 1 1
Hertfordshire 1 1
Isle of Wight 2 2
Kent 11 11
Lancashire 35 31 4
Leicestershire 6 5 1
Lincolnshire 11 9 2
London 7 7
Manchester 3 3
Merseyside 7 7
Middlesex 5 5
Norfolk 10 10
North Yorkshire 12 10 2
Northamptonshire 7 7
Northumberland 4 4
Nottinghamshire 3 3
Oxfordshire 7 7
Shropshire 7 7
Somerset 11 11
South Yorkshire 9 9
Staffordshire 13 11 2
Suffolk 4 3 1
Surrey 39 33 6
Telford and Wrekin 1 1
Tyne and Wear 3 2 1
Warwickshire 5 5
West Midlands 4 4
West Sussex 49 37 12
West Yorkshire 19 15 4
Wiltshire 9 9
Worcestershire 6 5 1
586 430 157
Wales
Bridgend 1 1
Cardiff 2 1 1
Carmarthenshire 1 1
Conwy 2 1 1
Denbighshire 3 3
Dyfed 2 2
Glamorgan 2 2
Gwent 1 1
Gwynedd 5 5
Monmouthshire 5 5
Neath and Port Talbot 1 1
Newport 1 1
Pembrokeshire 4 1 3
Powys 4 3 1
Swansea 5 1 4
Wrexham 1 1
39 28 11
Scotland (regions)
Ayrshire 3 3
Borders 1 1
Edinburgh and Lothians 8 8
Fife 5 5
Forth Valley 1 1
Glasgow area 2 2
Grampian 4 4
Highland 9 6 3
Lanarkshire 3 3
Renfrewshire 4 3 1
Tayside 2 2
42 35 7

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
1337; 698 c40-1WA
Session
2007-08
Related items
Whitty, Lord
Tuesday, 20 January 2004
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Diseases Forests Horticulture Plants Scotland Wales Wildlife Trees Phytophthora ramorum
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk