Blood: Donors Chris Ruane To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on advertising to encourage people to donate blood in each of the last 10 years. Gillian Merron The following table shows funds spent on marketing activities to attract blood donors in England and North Wales between 2001-02 (the earliest date for which complete data are available as before then figures were not collated centrally) and 2008-09. Costs given include media advertising; direct marketing; external marketing services; campaign events; donor awards; promotional items; and public relations activities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Cost (£)1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001-02 |10,475,238 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002-03 |10,745,007 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |11,127,532 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |11,341,616 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |11,780,854 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |12,523,837 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007-08 |213,967,051| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008-09 |214,453,533| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Figures given relate solely to expenditure by the National Blood Service (part of NHS Blood and Transplant). The promotion of blood donation in South Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the separate UK blood services which operate in those areas.2 Figures for 2007-08 and 2008-09 reflect the cost of promoting both blood and organ donation. In October 2005, the National Blood Service and UK Transplant merged to become one special health authority, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). Accounting systems were subsequently amalgamated, and the cost of promoting blood donation is no longer recorded separately.| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Ruane To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of people were on the (a) blood donor and (b) bone marrow donor register in each register area in each of the last 10 years. Gillian Merron The following table shows the total number of blood donors recorded in June of the last eight calendar years, broken down by region into the north (incorporating North Wales); south-east; and south-west; and the percentage of blood donors as a proportion of the total population of England. 2001 is the earliest year for which complete data are available, as before then data was not collated centrally. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |North |South West|South East|Total blood donors|Population (million, England)|Blood donors—percentage of population| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001|677,554|517,873 |619,911 |1,815,338 |49.1 |3.7 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002|665,724|509,497 |614,398 |1,789,619 |49.7 |3.6 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003|602,121|492,519 |588,549 |1,683,189 |49.9 |3.4 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004|581,113|472,720 |553,801 |1,607,634 |50.1 |3.2 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005|584,661|474,457 |537,951 |1,597,069 |50.5 |3.2 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006|541,098|440,019 |499,681 |1,480,798 |50.8 |2.9 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007|511,800|418,225 |462,059 |1,392,084 |51.1 |2.7 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008|514,983|430,107 |466,807 |1,411,897 |51.5 |2.7 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2009|512,031|448,647 |449,028 |1,409,706 |51.7 |2.7 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The corresponding figures for people on the bone marrow registry is not currently collated centrally. However NHS Blood and Transplant is currently in the process of migrating these data to a central system and a copy of these figures will be placed in the Library.