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Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Answer

Mr. Rendel: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many new BSE cases were notified in each month from January to August, broken down by region. [96487] Ms Quin: [holding answer 29 October 1999]: The following tables give figures for suspect BSE cases reported in the first eight months of 1999 by region for England and in the first six months of 1999 for Scotland and Wales. It must be noted that BSE has not been confirmed in all of these cases. Number of suspect cases of BSE reported to MAFF in each region from January to August 1999: Eastern region _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999 Number of cases January 39 February 27 March 38 April 29 May 20 June 17 July 20 August 25 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Eastern Region: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire and Suffolk Mid & West region _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999 Number of cases January 62 February 62 March 79 April 58 May 60 June 66 July 61 August 46 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Mid & West Region: Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford & Worcs, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Manchester, Merseyside, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands and Warwickshire Northern region _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999 Number of cases January 39 February 39 March 52 April 32 May 28 June 33 July 33 August 27 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Northern Region: Cleveland, Cumbria, Durham, Humberside, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Yorkshire North, Yorkshire South and Yorkshire West South East region _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999 Number of cases January 37 February 33 March 31 April 25 May 26 June 30 July 24 August 19 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. South East Region: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, London, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex East and Sussex West South West region _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999 Number of cases January 113 February 108 March 130 April 84 May 120 June 97 July 64 August 76 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. South West Region: Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Scilly Isles, Somerset and Wiltshire Scotland ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999 Number of cases January 6 February 10 March 5 April 7 May 6 June 5 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Wales ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999 Number of cases January 20 February 28 March 18 April 21 May 19 June 11 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. From 1 July 1999 provision of figures for Scotland and Wales became the responsibility of the devolved administration of those countries.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

337 c667-9W; 96487

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Cattle Diseases Disease control BSE

Contains statistics

Yes