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The Earl of Bradford
asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they can provide the most recent quarterly figures for the incidence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United Kingdom and whether the number of cases has declined in the last two years; and
| 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | ||||||
| Region | 2nd QTR | 3rd QTR | 4th QTR | 1st QTR | 2nd QTR | 3rd QTR | 4th QTR | 1st QTR |
| Eastern | 572 | 440 | 440 | 432 | 349 | 259 | 304 | 283 |
| Mid and West | 1,540 | 1,111 | 1,098 | 1,247 | 821 | 767 | 642 | 624 |
| Northern | 782 | 568 | 703 | 732 | 459 | 400 | 397 | 387 |
| Scotland | 409 | 237 | 260 | 250 | 181 | 176 | 143 | 153 |
| South East | 823 | 510 | 551 | 602 | 412 | 327 | 327 | 376 |
| South West | 2,198 | 1,544 | 1,611 | 1,608 | 1,244 | 1,048 | 850 | 852 |
| Wales | 740 | 456 | 417 | 511 | 342 | 339 | 282 | 285 |
| Northern | ||||||||
| Ireland | 70 | 76 | 73 | 57 | 36 | 34 | 43 | 38 |
| Total | 7,134 | 4,942 | 5,153 | 5,439 | 3,844 | 3,350 | 2,988 | 2,998 |
Whether they can provide quarterly figures broken down on a regional and United Kingdom basis for the number of recorded cases of BSE for the last two years.
Lord Lucas
The following table shows the number of BSE cases confirmed by region, by date of confirmation for the last two years (April 1994 to March 1996):five years. The total number of cases in 1995 was 40.8 per cent. lower compared with 1994.