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Ms Atherton
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list (a) in total and (b) by local authority the number of rat infestations recorded in each year since 1990. [8446]
Mr. Chisholm
The available information, drawn from reports prepared annually by the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland on a variety of environmental health matters, is set out below.The total number of rat infestations dealt with by local authorities in Scotland is reported as follows:
| Number of infestations | |
| 1990–911 | 12,714 |
| 1991–92 | 11,312 |
| 1992–93 | 10,997 |
| 1993–942 | Not collected |
| 1994–952 | Not collected |
| 1995–962 | Not collected |
| 1996–97 | Available December 1997 |
A breakdown by individual authority is not available.
1 Change from calendar year (January to December) to financial year (April to March). The figure relates to the period January 1990 to March 1991.
2 Information not collected due to local government reorganisation.