Health: Folic Acid

House of Lords written question – answered at on 9 April 2014.

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Photo of Lord Rooker Lord Rooker Labour

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 24 February (HL Deb, col. 706), what was the age distribution of those from whom the blood samples for folate status analysis were taken; and what was the breakdown of country of collection.

Photo of Earl Howe Earl Howe The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

The total number of blood samples collected across the United Kingdom in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey years 1-4 (2008-09–2011-12) and analysed for folate status was 2,447. The breakdown by age and by country is shown in the following tables.

Age group Number of samples analysed for folate
1.5-3 years 36
4-10 years 228
11-18 years 521
19-64 years 1,318
65 years + 344
All ages 2,447
Country Number of samples analysed for folate
England 1,222
Scotland 618
Wales 262
Northern Ireland 345
Total UK 2,447

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