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

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

County

Number of Premises where culling took place of:

Infected Premises

Slaughter On Suspicion

Dangerous Contacts

of which Contiguous

Total

 

Total Premises

0

0

0

0

0

Bedfordshire

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

Berkshire

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

Berwickshire

Cattle

4

1

5

2

10

 

Sheep

4

1

33

12

38

 

Pigs

1

0

1

1

2

 

Goats

1

0

0

0

1

 

Deer

1

0

0

0

1

 

Others

0

0

0

0

0

 

Total Premises

5

1

36

14

42

Buckinghamshire

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

Cambridgeshire

Cattle

0

1

0

0

1

 

Sheep

0

1

0

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

1

0

0

1

Cheshire

Cattle

11

1

9

4

21

 

Sheep

9

3

25

11

37

 

Pigs

0

1

3

2

4

 

Goats

0

0

0

0

0

 

Deer

0

0

0

0

0

 

Others

1

0

0

0

1

 

Total Premises

17

3

33

15

53

Cleveland

Cattle

1

0

1

1

2

 

Sheep

2

1

6

5

9

 

Pigs

0

0

3

2

3

 

Goats

0

0

4

3

4

 

Deer

0

0

0

0

0

 

Others

0

0

0

0

0

 

Total Premises

2

1

11

9

14

Clwyd

Cattle

0

0

0

0

0

 

Sheep

1

0

7

1

8

 

Pigs

0

0

0

0

0

County

Number of Premises where culling took place of:

Infected Premises

Slaughter On Suspicion

Dangerous Contacts

of which Contiguous

Total

 

Goats

0

0

0

0

0

 

Deer

0

0

0

0

0

 

Others

0

0

0

0

0

 

Total Premises

1

0

7

1

8

Cornwall

Cattle

4

0

13

6

17

 

Sheep

3

1

14

6

18

 

Pigs

1

0

3

1

4

 

Goats

0

0

1

1

1

 

Deer

0

0

0

0

0

 

Others

0

0

0

0

0

 

Total Premises

4

1

22

12

27

Cumbria

Cattle

812

19

504

349

1335

 

Sheep

677

35

1678

536

2390

 

Pigs

18

1

86

36

105

 

Goats

25

4

60

26

89

 

Deer

2

0

3

2

5

 

Others

0

0

2

2

2

 

Total Premises

892

41

1911

680

2844

Derbyshire

Cattle

5

1

8

2

14

 

Sheep

6

2

13

5

21

 

Pigs

0

0

0

0

0

 

Goats

1

0

0

0

1

 

Deer

0

0

0

0

0

 

Others

0

0

0

0

0

 

Total Premises

8

2

18

5

28

Devonshire

Cattle

145

20

399

288

564

 

Sheep

139

36

535

349

710

 

Pigs

13

3

39

22

55

 

Goats

4

1

27

23

32

 

Deer

0

0

0

0

0

 

Others

1

0

1

1

2

 

Total Premises

172

39

801

553

1012

Dorset

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