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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many premises were assigned during the UK foot and mouth epidemic in 2004 to the (a) infected premises, (b) dangerous contact--3 km cull, (c) dangerous contact--contiguous cull, (d) dangerous contact-- other, (e) slaughter on suspicion and (f) voluntary firebreak cull category; how many premises in each category were subject to laboratory testing; how many positives were identified in each category by such testing; how much compensation was paid for the value of the animals that were slaughtered at premises in each category; what the cost was of cleansing and disinfection at premises in each category; and how many animals were slaughtered at premises in each category, broken down by species. [224565] Mr. Bradshaw: [holding answer 4 April 2005]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for East Surrey (Mr. Ainsworth) on 23 March 2005, Official Report, column 838W, for the details requested at (a) to (f) , in particular at Tables (ii) and (iv). However, we are unable to identify the information separately for the voluntary firebreak cull. Compensation paid for the value of animals in each category is a follows: (a) £482,625,076 (b) £68,677,197 (c) and (d) £527,477,519 (Defra is unable to distinguish between dangerous contact--contiguous cull and dangerous contact--other) (e) £24,639,178 The information required on the cost of cleansing and disinfecting at premises in each category is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1359-60W;432 c1355-6W; 224565

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Compensation Expenditure Disease control Foot and mouth disease Livestock Testing

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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