HC Deb 21 December 1989 vol 164 c377W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health why the Health Education Authority has withdrawn the leaflet MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccination reference 1D19 ISBNI 85448 050 2 printed by Graphoprint 8/88 and replaced it with an edition which is identical save for the photograph of the child on the cover; how many copies were printed of the 1988 edition; how many remained in stock at the time of its replacement by the 1989 edition; how many copies of the 1989 edition have been printed; what was the reason for the replacement of the original photograph by the new one on the front of the 1989 edition; what was the cost of the 1988 and 1989 editions; and what was the cost of changing the photograph.

Mr. Freeman

A new edition of the MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccination leaflet (ID19) was produced only after all stocks of the original leaflet were used. A new photograph was used after Health Education Authority research indicated that the original had limited appeal.

The original leaflet cost £16,198 for 1.279,000 copies, and a reprint cost £6,095 for a further 400,000 leaflets. The new printing cost £9.785 for 850,000 leaflets, plus £400 for the new photograph.

Region All Haemophiliacs Non-Haemophiliac Recipients of blood or blood products
HIV+ (i) AIDS cases (ii) AIDS deaths (iii) HIV+ (iv) AIDS cases (v) AIDS deaths (vi) HIV+ (vii) AIDS cases (viii) AIDS deaths (ix)
Northern 305 54 33 89 17 13 * * *
Yorkshire 323 66 37 65 19 10 * * *
Trent 283 51 27 63 * * * * 0
East Anglia 171 32 18 39 * * * 0 0
North West Thames 3,089 1,063 499 33 * * 17 * *
North East Thames 2,048 497 265 163 27 18 29 * *
South East Thames 979 271 154 113 19 * * * *
South West Thames 303 92 54 22 * * 10 * *
Wessex 251 57 32 27 * * * * 0
Oxford 349 52 30 115 14 * * * *
South Western 259 55 31 36 * * * * *
West Midlands 375 56 27 147 * * * 0 0
Mersey 162 34 24 46 * * * * *
North Western 388 93 59 28 * * * * *
Channel Islands 20 * * * 0 0 0 0 0
Wales 144 43 29 18 * * * * *
Northern Ireland 62 13 * 16 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland 1,707 118 58 76 * * 12 * *
Total 11,218 2,649 1,388 1,097 161 102 110 44 32