Stem Cells: Donors
(asked on 29th February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much public funding has been provided to (a) NHS Blood and Transplant, (b) Anthony Nolan, (c) NHS England and (d) other bodies for stem cell donation purposes in each year since 2003-04.
Since 2011, the Department has provided funding to both NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and Anthony Nolan to support the improvement of provision of stem cells in the United Kingdom. Details for each of the last four complete financial years is as follows:
Year | Anthony Nolan | NHSBT |
2011/12 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
2012/13 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
2013/14 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
2014/15 | 2,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
NHS England does not commission stem cell donation services.