To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of blood supplies in each region was supplied to private hospitals in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will indicate the number of units involved. [32991]

[holding answer 6 July 1995]: The Scottish national blood transfusion service supplies blood and blood products from five regional transfusion centres. The latest information available about the supply of blood to non-NHS hospitals is for 1993–94. This is as follows:

	Blood product units
North RTC	0
North East RTC	408
East RTC	169
South East RTC	637
West RTC	1,975
Total	3,189

The units issued to non-NHS hospitals represented less than 1 per cent. of total issues by regional transfusion centres during this period.