John Howell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Howell on 2014-06-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms in Henley constituency have been subject to restrictions on cattle movements following a test proving the presence of TB in each of the last three years.

George Eustice

Statistics on TB breakdowns are only available at county and herd level. Figures below show the number of herds restricted as a result of positive bovine TB test results in Oxfordshire in each of the last three years:

· 2011 – 30

· 2012 – 29

· 2013 – 27

Bovine TB statistics are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bovine-tb.

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