Volume 6: Human Health, 1989-96
2. The slaughter and compensation scheme
Annex 2 to Chapter 2: Cattle slaughtered and compensation paid 1988-96

Cattle slaughtered and compensation paid 1988-1996 ¹

Year	No.	£
1988 2	1,953	528,442.00
1989	8,102	2,841,233.00
1990 3	16,771	9,102,349.00
1991	29,231	15,863,336.00
1992	43,549	28,460,395.00
1993	41,670	36,743,422.00
1994	29,167	24,116,170.00
1995	17,378	10,451,356.00
1996	10,278	6,629,812.00
Cumulative Total	198,099	134,736,515.00

1 Based on information supplied by the MAFF Liaison Unit and DANI 2 Compulsory slaughter with compensation commenced 8 August 1988 under the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Compensation Order 1988 (50 per cent) 3 Compensation level raised to 100 per cent on 14 February 1990

The table above includes cattle that were slaughtered but not confirmed with BSE, although this was a minority. Annex 1 to this chapter shows how compensation differed according to whether cattle slaughtered were in due course confirmed to have had BSE.