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Mr. Martyn Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when foot and mouth disease simulation exercises have taken place in each animal health divisional office area in each of the last five years. [118573]
Mr. Morley
Foot and mouth disease exercises have taken place in Animal Health Division Offices as shown in the table. Exercises focused on other diseases have also taken place over the same period. In addition the readiness of these offices to deal with an outbreak of exotic disease was developed and tested during the outbreak of classical swine fever in 2000 and foot and mouth disease in 2001 and in dealing with suspect cases over the whole period.
England | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
Bury St. Edmunds | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Carlisle | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
Chelmsford | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Exeter | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Gloucester | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Leeds | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — |
Leicester | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Lincoln | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Newcastle | 1— | 1— | 1— | 1— | 2 | — |
Preston | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Reading | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Reigate | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Stafford | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Taunton | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Truro | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Worcester | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4 |
Scotland | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Ayr | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Galashiels | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
Inverness | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
Inverurie | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Perth | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Wales | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Caernarvon | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cardiff | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Carmarthen | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Total | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 |
1 Newcastle AHDO was not established until August 2002 |