To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many non-haemophiliacs in Scotland who have contracted HIV as a result of national health service blood/tissue transfers (a) remain alive, (b) have developed AIDS and remain alive and (c) have developed AIDS and have died.

[holding answer 7 February 1992]: There have been 12 reported cases of HIV infected persons in Scotland as a result of blood or tissue transfers from NHS sources. Of these 12, six have progressed to AIDS and three of these have died.