Question
What estimate he has made of the capacity of incinerators in the United Kingdom to dispose of culled cattle. - Inc figures. (Holding answer 21 May 1996).
Answer
Mr. Jon Owen Jones: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of the capacity of incinerators in the United Kingdom to dispose of culled cattle.[30412] Mr. Boswell: [holding answer 21 May 1996]: The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food announced in the House on 16 April that cull cows would be rendered and the resultant material disposed of by the best practical environmental option. At present there are 10 incinerators approved to burn suspect BSE cases with an estimated capacity of 40,000 carcases per annum. Some of the limited spare capacity available in these incinerators is being used to be dispose of casualty over 30-month animals which are slaughtered on-farm.