Written question asked by Joan Walley (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 March 1997. It was answered by Lord Horam (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 March 1997 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: How many rat infestations in commercial food premises have been recorded in each of the past five years.

Answer: Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many rat infestations in commercial food premises have been recorded in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement. [20927] Mr. Horam: This information is not held centrally. However, the results of a 1993 survey, the most recent since the mid to late 1970s, showed that there had been a fall in the levels of both mouse and rat infestations in business premises with food-related uses. These results were published in a Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food news release on 6 June 1995.

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