Written question asked by Neil Turner (Labour) on Wednesday, 27 October 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 November 1999. It was answered by Baroness Quin (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 November 1999 on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Question: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many new cases of BSE were reported (a) in the UK and (b) by other member countries of the EU in (i) 1998 and (ii) 1997. - Includes tables.

Answer: Mr. Neil Turner: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many new cases of BSE were reported (a) in the UK and (b) by other member countries of the EU in (i) 1998 and (ii) 1997. [96679] Ms Quin: Numbers of confirmed cases of BSE by year of report for the UK are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 United Kingdom 4,335 3,197 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. We do not have data for other Member States by year of report. The following figures, by date of confirmation, were reported to the Commission by Member States. The information was supplied by the Commission. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Member state 1997 1998 Belgium 1 6 France 6 18 Germany {1}2 Ireland 77 79 Luxembourg 1 Netherlands 2 2 Portugal 30 104 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Germany has reported no homebred cases of BSE.

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