§ Ms AthertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of registrations were made via each procedure available for individuals to register themselves on the organ donor register in the last year for which figures are available. [156191]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe information requested is shown in the table.
Registrations onto the national health service organ donor register, 2003 by source of registration—proportions
Source Percentage Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 37 Family Health Services Authorities 28 Organ Donor Leaflet 3 Passport Office 1 Boots Advantage Card 14 On-line 1 Other 16 Note:Analysis on 15 January 2004
§ Ms AthertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cadaveric organ donations there were in each of the past three years. [156192]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe number of cadaveric organ donors in each of the past three years—2001–03—is shown in the table.
Donors 2001 778 2002 770 2003 710 Source:UK Transplant
§ Ms AthertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many non-heartbeating organ donations there were in each of the past three years; and in how many cases the deceased was on the donor register. [156193]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe number of non-heart-beating (NHB) organ donors over the last three years and the number of those who were on the organ donor register (ODR) is shown in the table.
NHB donors Number on ODR
Percentage on ODR
2001 39 10 25.8 2002 53 12 22.6 2003 66 17 25.8 Total 158 39 24.7 Source:UK Transplant572W
§ Mr. CarmichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are on the organ donor register; and how many people joined the register in each of the last five years. [156622]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThere are currently 11.11 million people registered on the national health service organ donor register.
The number of registrations added to the register over the last five years—1999 to 2003—are shown in the table.
Number added (million) 1999 1.51 2000 1.23 2001 0.74 2002 1.08 2003 0.87