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Bovine Tuberculosis

Volume 400: debated on Monday 3 March 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many confirmed incidents of bovine tuberculosis were identified in the parliamentary constituencies of (a) Montgomeryshire and (b) Brecon and Radnorshire, in each quarter in (i) 2000, (ii) 2001 and(iii) 2002; and if she will make a statement. [99308]

The number of confirmed incidents of bovine tuberculosis in (a) Montgomeryshire and (b) Brecon and Radnorshire, broken down as requested is shown in the table.Care must be taken in making comparisons with previous years' figures. The disruption to the TB programme caused by FMD, and the rolling nature of the testing programme means that we are now effectively catching up on two years' testing. Clearance of overdue testing has been targeted on those herds at higher risk first, therefore it will not be possible to interpret the data properly until the testing backlog has been cleared.

TB breakdown statistics

Quarter

2000

2001

2002

(a)Number of confirmed incidents of TB in Brecon and Radnorshire

Q18815
Q24113
Q34013
Q44426
Total201367

(b)Number of confirmed incidents of TB in Montgomeryshire

Q10311
Q2014
Q3111
Q41115
Total21621