HC Deb 17 March 1994 vol 239 cc844-5W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was(a) the number of blood donors, (b) the quantity of blood donated and (c) the amount of blood required for each health board for each month since April 1993.

Mr. Ancram

[holding answer 10 March 1994]: The Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service is a regional service and figures are not collected by board but on a province-wide basis.

The number of blood donors on the Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service panel is 82,138, while the quantity of blood donated over 1992–93 totalled 63,848 units.

Information on the amount of blood issued for each month since April 1993 is currently not available.