HC Deb 06 June 1990 vol 173 cc630-1W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will identify for each national health service region the value of sales of blood and blood products outside national health service services.

Mr. Dorrell

[holding answer 23 May 1990]: Health authorities make a handling charge designed to recover the costs of supplying whole blood and blood components to non-NHS hospitals. No charge is made for the blood itself which is freely donated by volunteer donors.

Information derived from the annual accounts of health authorities for 1988–89 (the latest available) is as follows:

Income from blood handling charges
Region (£)
Northern 17,930
Yorkshire 61,198
Trent 66,069
East Anglia 67,564
North West Thames 621,618
North East Thames 82,686
South East Thames 474,276
South West Thames
Essex 87,733
Oxford 92,085
South Western 92,833
West Midlands 203,333
Mersey 19,597
North Western 93,725
Totals 1,980,647

Information on the sales of blood products manufactured by the bio-products laboratory, whether to NHS or non-NHS hospitals is commercially confidential.

Net weekly income Net weekly income after housing costs and community charge Marginal deduction rate
October 1989 April 1990 October 1989 April 1990 October 1989 April 1990
Single person
Gross earnings (per week)
50 65.49 68.19 39.69 41.77 86 82
100 82.4 83.67 56.6 57.25 34 34
150 115.4 116.67 89.6 90.25 34 34
200 148.4 149.67 122.6 123.25 34 34
Married couple
Gross earnings (per week)
50 72.81 79.17 47.01 46.04 90 90
100 92.88 102.92 67.08 69.79 90 87
150 123.04 127.08 97.24 93.95 34 44
200 156.04 157.94 130.24 124.81 34 34
Married couple, two children (assumed aged 5 and 12)
Gross earnings (per week)
50 131.86 143.05 101.06 106.15 86 82
100 134.22 146.55 103.42 109.65 84 80
150 143.57 154.96 112.77 118.06 80 80
200 170.54 173.14 139.74 136.24 34 34

Note — The methods and assumptions are those used in the published Tax/Benefit Model Tables except that from April 1990 community charge is assumed at £350 per annum and assumed national average rents have been inflated for 1990.