AIDS (Hansard, 17 November 1986)

§ Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is his estimate of the likely extent of acquired immune deficiency syndrome over the next five years;

(2) what additional resources will be required by the hospitals service to cope with his estimate of the likely incidence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome over the next five years;

(3) if he will list those hospitals offering blood tests for HIV, giving the number of people tested; and how many proved positive;

(4) if he will give the number of people suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndrome currently being treated in National Health Service hospitals;

(5) how many haemophiliacs tested for HIV have proved positive; and what proportion this represents of haemophiliacs receiving blood products from the National Blood Tranfusion Service;

(6) which health authorities are providing resources for the treatment or study of acquired immune deficiency syndrome;

(7) when the Government first financed research into the causes and treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome;

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(8) if he will make a statement on the British Government's contacts with the World Health Organisation or other Governments on the subject of acquired immune deficiency syndrome;

(9) when his Department first became aware of acquired immune deficiency syndrome;

(10) when his Department first became aware that acquired immune deficiency syndrome was a sexually transmitted disease;

(11) when his Department first became aware that acquired immune deficiency syndrome could be transmitted through blood and blood products;