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1123562

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the rules are on blood donations for men who have sex with men who also use PrEP.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	248720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant implements a three-month deferral period for men who have sex with men, irrespective of whether an individual routinely takes pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk against infection with HIV. This deferral period is based on expert independent advice, provided by the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs, to protect donors and the patients who receive donated blood.</p><p>At a population level, men who have sex with men have a higher risk of acquiring a blood-borne virus or a sexually transmitted disease. Using PrEP can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV but it does not eliminate it. PrEP also does not reduce the risk of an individual becoming infected by other sexually transmitted infections, such as syphilis and hepatitis, and subsequently transmitting these infections through donated blood.</p><p>NHS Blood and Transplant appreciates that any deferral is disappointing if an individual would like to save lives by giving blood. NHS Blood and Transplant is currently working with LGBT+ groups to explore more individualised assessments and hope to report their findings towards the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 02/05/2019 16:12:23 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

1061116

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2019 to Question 216936, for what reason NHS Blood and Transplant has not conducted paid for advertising to inform men who have sex with men of changes to blood donation rules.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	221576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>During 2017/18, NHS Blood and Transplant spent £3.14 million on paid media to encourage people to donate blood. All marketing materials promote the ‘eligibility criteria tool’ which is found on the Give Blood website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.blood.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.blood.co.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The ‘eligibility criteria tool’ lists the deferral times for a range of scenarios such as travel, medical conditions, tattoos and includes information for men who have sex with men and wish to donate blood. NHS Blood and Transplant is committed to exploring whether a more individualised approach to risk assessment could be taken to donor selection and expects to report on its findings regarding new evidence and new technologies for assessing risk by 2020. NHS Blood and Transplant has and will continue to engage with key stakeholders such as the Terrence Higgins Trust, the National Aids Trust and Stonewall about changes to eligibility criteria.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/02/2019 16:46:11 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1056867

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS Blood and Transplant’s comments on blood transfusions published on 29th January 2019, what steps his Department is taking to reduce congestion at Channel ports to ensure the continuity of blood donor sessions in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with a Withdrawal Agreement and (b) without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	218296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department continues to work closely with cross-Government agencies and NHS Blood and Transplant to ensure that there is no disruption to the supply of blood and blood components in any European Union exit scenario.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Blood and Transplant will collect blood in Kent as usual and will hold the same number of appointments. NHS Blood and Transplant will be collecting the same amount of blood to ensure continued supply of blood to hospitals.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/02/2019 17:06:55 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1055014

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the change has been in the number of people making blood donations between 2008 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	216948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for the collection, manufacturing and issuing of blood products to the NHS in England. NHS Blood and Transplant collects around 1.5 million blood donations every year to make sure hospitals have the blood they need to treat patients.</p><p> </p><p>The following table below shows that the number of active blood donors has decreased by 11.61% between 2008 and 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Active Donors<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2008</p></td><td><p>1,478,332</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - Dec ember 2009</p></td><td><p>1,447,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2010</p></td><td><p>1,408,849</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2011</p></td><td><p>1,375,145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2012</p></td><td><p>1,330,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2013</p></td><td><p>1,289,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2014</p></td><td><p>1,237,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2015</p></td><td><p>1,281,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2016</p></td><td><p>1,275,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2017</p></td><td><p>1,259,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January - December 2018</p></td><td><p>1,306,752</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Blood and Transplant</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p><sup>1</sup>The data are based on a two-year measure. This is because up until 2014, NHS Blood and Transplant’s active donor base was based on donors who had made at least one donation within two years, and not within one year as is now the case with NHS Blood and Transplant.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 08/02/2019 12:46:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1055238

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on advertising directly to men who have sex with men to inform them of recent changes to the rules on blood donation.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	216936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>In November 2017, when the change to the blood donor criteria for men who have sex with men came into force, a media release was distributed to national, regional and trade media. Posts on blood donation social media channels also directed individuals to this information. NHS Blood and Transplant has and will continue to engage with key stakeholders such as the Terrance Higgins Trust, the National Aids Trust and Stonewall on this issue. Further to this activity, NHS Blood and Transplant has not conducted paid for advertising to advertise the change.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Blood and Transplant is committed to exploring whether a more individualised approach to risk assessment could be taken to donor selection and expects to report on its findings regarding new evidence and new technologies for assessing risk by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 13/02/2019 15:08:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1046790

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many units of blood were collected by NHS Blood and Transplant England in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	211763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The following table sets out the number of units of blood collected by NHS Blood and Transplant in each of the last 12 months.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Blood Donations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>134,844</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>113,473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>128,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>130,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>128,958</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>120,165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>124,537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>130,478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>112,355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>132,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018</p></td><td><p>129,868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2018</p></td><td><p>116,021</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Blood and Transplant</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 31/01/2019 17:07:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1046795

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on advertising to encourage people to donate blood in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	211767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for the collection, manufacturing and issuing of blood products to the NHS in England. NHSBT collects around 1.5 million blood donations every year to make sure hospitals have the blood they need to treat patients.</p><p>The following table sets out NHSBT’s total spend on marketing to encourage people to donate blood in each financial year since 2010-11.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Blood Marketing Expenditure (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>11,292,657</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>10,858,466</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>10,156,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>9,852,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>10,339,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>10,445,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>9,642,327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>10,134,566</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Blood and Transplant</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 31/01/2019 17:13:16 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

937740

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with (a) the Royal College of Nursing and (b) patients with blood group O on potential supply problems of blood group O.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	162565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not had discussions with the Royal College of Nursing or patients with blood group O on the supply of O negative blood to National Health Service hospitals.</p><p> </p><p>Some blood groups, such as O negative (the universal blood group), A negative and B negative are particularly vulnerable to shortfalls. NHS Blood and Transplant want people with these blood groups to donate as regularly as they can. There is also a need for more black African, black Caribbean, mixed race and South Asian people to become blood donors to reflect the ethnic diversity of patients.</p><p> </p><p>There is a current media push by NHS Blood and Transplant asking donors to make and keep appointments during the football and hot weather, especially if they are part of the O negative blood group.</p><p> </p><p>However, there is no shortage of blood and NHS Blood and Transplant has continued to meet hospitals’ requirements.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/07/2018 16:36:34 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

918489

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the supply of blood in the groups most prevalent in people from BAME backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	150736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), which is accountable to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, is responsible for the provision of a reliable, efficient supply of blood to hospitals in England and associated services to the wider National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst NHSBT can meet hospitals’ demand for blood for people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds by supplying the universal blood group O negative, it is far better for patients to receive blood from the same ethnic background and blood closely matched to their own, particularly for those patients with sickle cell disease who require regular transfusions.</p><p> </p><p>NHSBT therefore aims to recruit a significant number of new blood donors from a black African or black Caribbean background each year and has undertaken a number of initiatives to support this goal, such as a campaign with black Christian churches across England, Know Your Type events in high population BAME areas, where individuals can learn their blood type with a finger prick test, and promoting the B Positive choir.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 14/06/2018 15:13:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

806523

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many units of blood were collected by NHS Blood and Transplant England in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	119599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of units of blood collected by NHS Blood and Transplant in each of the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month - Year</p></td><td><p>Whole Blood Collections</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December-2016</p></td><td><p>133,532</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January-2017</p></td><td><p>135,974</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February-2017</p></td><td><p>121,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March-2017</p></td><td><p>139,373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April-2017</p></td><td><p>122,844</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-2017</p></td><td><p>135,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June-2017</p></td><td><p>135,615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July-2017</p></td><td><p>123,527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August-2017</p></td><td><p>126,362</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September-2017</p></td><td><p>122,295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October-2017</p></td><td><p>130,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November-2017</p></td><td><p>129,858</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Blood and Transplant</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the total marketing spend on raising blood donation awareness during 2010/11 and 2011/12.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total spend</p></td><td><p>11,292,657</p></td><td><p>10,858,466</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Blood and Transplant</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 119606 question first answered 19/12/2017 11:53:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth