Written question asked by Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour) on Monday, 28 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 May 2025 (named day). It was answered by Ashley Dalton (Labour) on Thursday, 1 May 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Blood: Donors
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 45856 on Blood: Donors, how many and what proportion of the donors deferred due to the donor’s recent travel to other countries were of (a) African, (b) Caribbean, (c) mixed white and African heritage and (d) mixed white and Caribbean heritage.
- Original answer
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NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for blood donation in England. The following table shows the number and proportion of deferrals due to the donor’s recent travel to other countries for those of African, Caribbean, mixed white and African, and mixed white and Caribbean heritage, from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the most recent data available:
Ethnicity
Number of deferrals due to donor’s recent travel to other countries
Proportion of total deferrals due to donor’s recent travel to other countries
Black- African
651
10.56%
Black- Caribbean
88
1.43%
Mixed white and black African
31
0.50%
Mixed white and black Caribbean
17
0.28%
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The answer was corrected by Ashley Dalton (Labour)
on Monday, 23 June 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
- Corrected answer
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NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for blood donation in England. The following table shows the number and proportion of deferrals due to the donor’s recent travel to other countries for those of African, Caribbean, mixed white and African, and mixed white and Caribbean heritage, from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the most recent data available:
Ethnicity
Number of deferrals due to donor’s recent travel to other countries
Proportion of total deferrals due to donor’s recent travel to other countries
Black- African
651
10.56%
Black- Caribbean
88
1.43%
Mixed white and black African
31
0.50%
Mixed white and black Caribbean
17400.
2865%
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 48519
- Session
- 2024-26
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- Subjects
- Travel Blood Donors Ethnic groups
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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