PQ 2164

 

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS

 

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

 

Question No: 29         Written         Date: 8 January 2002

(On Order Book: 20 November 2001)

 

 

Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many premises culling took place of (a) cattle, (b) sheep, (c) pigs and (d) other animals under the (i) infected premises, (ii) dangerous contact, (iii) slaughter on suspicion and (iv) contiguous cull schemes operating during the foot and mouth disease outbreak broken down by (A) county and (B) region; and how many samples were taken and how many positive tests were found at each premises. [16713]

 

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Mrs Beckett

 

I will place the information requested in the Library of the House today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF PREMISES WHERE CULLING TOOK PLACE OF CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS, GOATS, DEER AND OTHER ANIMALS DURING THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE OUTBREAK, INCLUDING NUMBER OF PREMISES SAMPLED AND THOSE RETURNING POSITIVE RESULTS, BY COUNTY AND GB REGION.

 

(DATA AS AT 17:30 04 DECEMBER 2001)

Please see following tables (i) and (ii) for data regarding number of premises where culling took place of different animal types.

 

The figures for number of samples taken and number of samples that returned positive results, per premises, are unavailable.  However, the number of premises sampled and those that returned a positive result are detailed in the following tables (iii) and (iv).

 

Table (i)

 

Number of Premises (by current status) on which Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats, Deer or Other Animals were Culled (by DEFRA county)
(Source: DEFRA Disease Control System database as at 17:30 04/12/01.  Figures subject to change as more data become available.)
County	Number of Premises where culling took place of:	Infected Premises	Slaughter On Suspicion	Dangerous Contacts	of which Contiguous	Total
Aberdeenshire	Cattle	0	0	0	0	0
	Sheep	0	0	1	0	1
	Pigs	0	0	0	0	0
	Goats	0	0	0	0	0
	Deer	0	0	0	0	0
	Others	0	0	0	0	0
	Total Premises	0	0	1	0	1
Argyll	Cattle	0	0	0	0	0
	Sheep	0	0	0	0	0
	Pigs	0	0	0	0	0
	Goats	0	0	0	0	0
	Deer	0	0	0	0	0
	Others	0	0	0	0	0
	Total Premises	0	0	0	0	0
Avon	Cattle	2	1	10	10	13
	Sheep	2	4	4	4	10
	Pigs	3	1	1	1	5
	Goats	1	0	1	1	2
	Deer	0	0	0	0	0
	Others	0	0	0	0	0
	Total Premises	4	4	14	14	22
Ayrshire	Cattle	0	0	3	0	3
	Sheep	0	0	5	0	5
	Pigs	0	0	0	0	0
	Goats	0	0	0	0	0
	Deer	0	0	0	0	0
	Others	0	0	0	0	0
	Total Premises	0	0	7	0	7
Banffshire	Cattle	0	0	0	0	0
	Sheep	0	0