§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the level of blood donations in each of the blood transfusion areas of England and Wales for each of the past 10 years.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information requested is given in the table.
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Number of donors bled in each of the blood transfusion areas of England and Wales for years 1977 to 1986 11977 11978 11979 11980 11981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Northern 137,257 138,642 139,797 145,938 144,880 134,392 133,039 131,947 133,544 128,321 Yorkshire 147,896 147,455 147,875 157,078 155,653 143,626 152,874 154,905 149,128 146,119 Trent 141,733 141,366 146,554 153,587 163,187 162,229 166,362 174,425 169,680 174,976 East Anglia 86,250 88,701 90,954 93,350 93,406 84,629 86,275 87,650 86,393 90,012 North West Thames 182,363 184,484 184,273 187,042 197,504 180,644 183,033 189,246 190,048 199,731 North East Thames 163,098 164,770 169,066 169,238 170,966 145,472 145,241 136,647 138,875 136,722 South East and South West Thames 271,170 272,109 268,240 277,720 285,737 256,589 301,029 302,097 282,738 277,696 Wessex 86,664 88,319 89,376 95,584 96,902 90,030 93,889 95,719 94,088 93,990 Oxford 116,226 123,502 123,565 125,859 128,299 115,997 118,822 119,689 111,129 104,609 South Western 178,493 176,083 182,513 186,274 186,808 172,462 171,678 170,859 168,169 175,570 West Midlands 194,370 194,109 194,823 199,051 201,019 195,332 193,048 200,128 199,389 199,290 Mersey 122,210 123,848 123,059 129,680 123,433 115,478 119,604 117,589 121,642 123,190 North Western 182,181 186,156 190,029 202,523 209,886 179,351 179,844 181,638 180,133 181,587 Wales 92,506 94,063 94,360 97,112 98,051 82,763 91,102 96,087 94,104 96,637 England and Wales 2,102,417 2,123,607 2,144,484 2,220,036 2,255,731 2,058,994 2,135,840 2,158,626 2,119,060 2,128,450 1 For years 1977 to 1981 figures relate to the number of donors at blood transfusion centres.