§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many non-haemophiliacs in England have contracted HIV infection as a result of national health service transfers of contaminated(a) blood, (b) blood products and (c) tissue;
(2) how many non-haemophiliacs in England who have contracted HIV infection as a result of contaminated national health service blood-tissue transfers (a) remain alive, (b) have developed AIDS and remain alive and (c) developed AIDS and have since died of an AIDS-related condition.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThere have been 49 reports in England of HIV infection in people who received blood, including blood components, in the United Kingdom. There has been one report of HIV infection due to tissue transfer. The number of infected persons thought to be alive is 26. The number reported with AIDS is 26, of whom 21 are known to have died. We have no information on the cause of death.