Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 5 July 2001.
David Maclean
Conservative, Penrith and The Border
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) cattle and (b) sheep, on how many farms, in each county of England have been slaughtered because they were contiguous to infected premises but where the infected premises later tested negative.
Elliot Morley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The following table shows the numbers of cattle and sheep slaughtered on premises which are contiguous to infected premises in counties in England and where the infected premises have had negative sample results.
| County | Cattle | Sheep | Premises with cattle and/or sheep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | 1,291 | 829 | 12 |
| Cheshire | 386 | 370 | 6 |
| Cleveland | 202 | 206 | 1 |
| Cornwall | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| Cumbria | 3,405 | 19,738 | 52 |
| Derbyshire | 46 | 151 | 3 |
| Devonshire | 9,551 | 44,176 | 122 |
| Durham | 2,278 | 7,364 | 26 |
| Gloucestershire | 5,512 | 21,401 | 123 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 4,415 | 31,338 | 114 |
| Kent | 59 | 701 | 3 |
| Lancashire | 811 | 3,210 | 27 |
| Leicestershire | 38 | 345 | 2 |
| North Yorkshire | 1,962 | 3,621 | 25 |
| Northumberland | 3,336 | 33,545 | 40 |
| Shropshire | 939 | 3,059 | 18 |
| Staffordshire | 976 | 2,253 | 20 |
| Wiltshire | 0 | 823 | 3 |
| England | 35,242 | 173,130 | 598 |
A negative test-result does not necessarily mean that disease was not present and does not change the status of an infected premises.
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