§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many donations of blood were collected by the Blood Transfusion Service in each of the past 10 years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. FreemanThe information available relates to the number of donors bled by the National Blood Transfusion Service and is given in the table.
Calendar Year England and Wales 1978 2,123,607 1979 2,144,484 1980 2,220,036 1981 2,255,731 1982 2,058,994 1983 2,135,840 1984 2,158,626 1985 2,119,060 1986 2,128,450 1987 2,094,316 1988 '2,140,810 1 Provisional Note: For the years 1978 to 1981 the figures include a small number of people who reported to the NBTS but from whom it was inappropriate to take blood on that occasion.