asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food where in Northamptonshire there have been outbreaks of fowl pest this year; how many birds have died; and approximately what proportion of these birds had been vaccinated.

There have been 17 confirmed outbreaks in the following 14 parishes in Northamptonshire this year:

• Earls Barton.
• Gretton.
• Whitton.
• Kettering.
• Denford.
• Paulerspury.
• Silverstone.
• Hargrave.
• Brackley.
• Cosgrove.
• Staverton.
• Wilby.
• Wood Newton.
• Easton Maudit.

No information is available about the number of deaths that have occurred. Of the 17 flocks, comprising a total of over 15,000 birds, only 1, with about 5,000 birds, was fully vaccinated, though 2 others were partly vaccinated.