§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of people in(a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland are anaemic. [127538]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonInformation on the percentage of people in England who are anaemic was last collected for the Health Survey for England in 19941. The data indicated that 4.1 per cent. of men and 162W 10.8 per cent. of women aged 16 and over were classified as anaemic using the World Health Organisation definition of anaemia, that is that haemoglobin levels of less than 13g/dl (grams per decilitre) for men and 12g/dl for women.
Information on the percentage of people who are anaemic in Scotland and Wales can be obtained from the devolved administrations. While the institutions in Northern Ireland are dissolved responsibility rests with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office.
1 Ref: Health Survey for England 1994 eds. Colhoun, H. and Prescott-Clarke. P. ISBN 011 321 895
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the UK are needlephobic; and what assessment he has made of the need for a needle-free anaemia testing device. [127537]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe Department of Health has not made an assessment of the numbers of people in the United Kingdom with a needle phobia or the need for a needle-free anaemia testing device.