§ Mr. Cousinsto ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list(a) the number of HIV-positive persons, (b) the number of AIDS patients and (c) the number of deaths from AIDS in each year and in total to the latest available date both for the United Kingdom and for each National Health Service region since the AIDS epidemic began; and if he will show (i) the numbers of haemophiliacs so affected and (ii) the numbers of non-haemophiliacs so affected as a consequence of infected blood products.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley[holding answer 4 April 1990]: The tables showing the information reported to the communicable disease surveillance centre and the communicable diseases (Scotland) unit have been placed in the Library. Numbers below 10 in tables showing AIDS data are represented by an asterisk in line with the procedure followed in reports under the AIDS (Control) Act, to safeguard confidentiality.