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Table 2: Volume of UK exports of beef, 1999-2008( 1)
Tonnes
Country	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008( 2)
Irish Republic	2,767	3,318	2,971	4,028	6,196	5,948	8,030	10,807	21,169	31,852
Netherlands	2,486	2,119	1,978	1,645	1,423	830	789	13,831	20,652	27,463
France	1,484	1,885	792	1,033	603	1,039	770	5,983	9,783	7,989
Italy	413	443	287	199	458	415	256	3,509	2,682	4,101
Germany	1,160	428	1,293	890	993	963	1,419	4,043	3,082	3,228
Belgium	86	108	227	9	225	612	233	2,846	3,298	5,771
Spain	200	96	282	291	208	322	239	1,902	1,458	886
Denmark	223	123	188	69	67	114	30	352	1,098	2,216
Switzerland	16	5	3	—	—	—	—	29	42	404
Sweden	130	128	14	9	9	2	2	415	399	347
Greece	1	2	1	24	5	5	5	345	899	325
Kuwait	6	21	—	—	216	279	248	162	119	205
Portugal	68	143	17	12	51	73	19	145	67	217
Afghanistan	—	—	—	7	21	26	51	84	89	1,463
Poland	—	3	—	—	—	—	22	291	1,152	1,024
USA	1	1	8	—	—	—	—	1	388	68
Falkland Islands	13	11	10	33	46	60	46	31	23	98
Others (86 countries)	301	437	301	187	120	66	79	1,033	884	1,222
Grand total	9,355	9,271	8,373	8,436	10,643	10,754	12,238	45,811	67,284	88,880
(1) Includes bone in bovine, boneless bovine, edible offal and prepared/preserved bovine meat products. (2) 2008 data are subject to amendments.

Bees: Research

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on research into (a) colony collapse disorder and (b) the varroa destructor mite in each of the last six years. [257425]

Jane Kennedy: The causes of the syndrome called colony collapse disorder in the USA are currently unclear and we have no current evidence to suggest that it is occurring in the UK. DEFRA provided an additional £27,000 to the National Bee Unit for work related to abnormal colony losses in 2007-08 and, with the Welsh Assembly Government, provided £120,000 in the current year to continue this work. DEFRA funded a project on the fungal control of Varroa jacobsoni (destructor) between 2002 and 2006 at a cost of £383,802.

Biofuels

Mr. David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he has taken in response to the decision of the Court of Appeal in the case of OSS Group v. Environment Agency in relation to the burning of used cooking oil to generate electricity; and if he will make a statement. [256970]

Jane Kennedy: DEFRA will shortly publish a consultation paper on draft guidance on the definition of waste. The draft guidance will set out DEFRA's views on, among other things, the court’s judgment in the OSS case.

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to introduce a penalty for farmers who delay having a herd bovine tuberculosis test. [258819]

Jane Kennedy: Farmers are already subject to a penalty for overdue tests. Under the 'zero tolerance' policy farmers who do not ensure their herds are tested by specified deadlines have movement restrictions immediately applied on their herds. The Government can also prosecute cattle owners who fail to comply with the testing requirements laid down in the Tuberculosis (England) Order 2007.

At this time, we have no plans to introduce any additional penalties for farmers who delay having a herd bovine tuberculosis test.

Cattle: Transport

Mr. Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cattle have been issued with cattle passports in each of the last three years. [259500]

Jane Kennedy: Over the last three years a total of 8,005,014 passports have been issued for newly registered cattle. The passports issued for each individual year, from 1 January to 31 December are as follows:

	Number
2006	2,733,661
2007	2,569,133
2008	2,702,220

These figures represent the number of first issue passports and not the overall number of passports issued including replacements.

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