HC Deb 13 February 1991 vol 185 c511W
Mr. Bellotti

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much it costs to collect(a) a pint of human blood and (b) a donation of plasma.

Mr. Dorrell

The average cost of collecting, processing and transporting a unit of blood in 1989–90 was £29.25. The cost of collecting a donation of plasma is not held centrally.