§ Mr. CarmichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate the Government have made of the proportion of people who(a) carried organ donor cards and (b) were on the organ donor register in each of the last five years. [156619]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonA public attitude research study, commissioned in 2003 by UK Transplant, found that 36 per cent., of people had, or thought they had, an organ donor card. The research was limited to England.
Not all donor card holders register on the National Health Service organ donor register. Of the total United Kingdom population. the proportion registered at year end over the last five years is as shown in the table.
Year end Percentage of population 1999 11.9 2000 14.0 2001 15.3 2002 17.1 2003 18.6