Haemophiliacs

Mr. Letwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of surviving haemophilia sufferers who have been infected with contaminated blood. (109464)

The information requested is provided in the table:

	¹Hepatitis C	²HIV
Estimated number of haemophilia patients infected through contaminated blood products who are alive	2,538	361
¹ Estimated data from the United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Directors’ Organisation National Haemophilia Database ² Data from the Macfarlane Trust

¹Hepatitis C

²HIV

Estimated number of haemophilia patients infected through contaminated blood products who are alive

2,538

361

¹ Estimated data from the United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Directors’ Organisation National Haemophilia Database

² Data from the Macfarlane Trust

Volume 455: debated on Monday 8 January 2007