To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many haemophiliacs known to have been infected with HIV through contaminated blood products administered to them under NHS treatment are still alive; and if he will make a statement. (247048)

The number of haemophiliacs known to still be alive after being infected with HIV through contaminated blood products administered to them under national health service treatment is 345. In addition, there is a very small number of women with bleeding disorders still alive who have acquired HIV through this route.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department is planning to respond to the forthcoming report by Lord Archer on contaminated blood and blood products and to its specific recommendations; and if he will make a statement. (247054)

We await Lord Archer's report with interest. We will decide whether and how the Department may need to respond when the report is available.