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Blood Donors

Volume 475: debated on Monday 28 April 2008

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Justine Greening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many registered blood donors there were in England and Wales in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) 2007-08, broken down by local authority area. (200635)

Dawn Primarolo

The National Blood Service (NBS) has provided information on the number of registered blood donors in England and North Wales. This information is contained in the following table.

Active whole blood donors (million)

2003-04

1.66

2004-05

1.60

2005-06

1.58

2006-07

1.45

2007-08

1.37

Note:

The NBS are unable to provide a breakdown by local authority area.