HC Deb 22 January 1986 vol 90 cc231-2W
Mr. Merchant

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much was spent in each of the years from 1980 to 1985 on encouraging members of the public to carry organ donor cards.

Mr. Whitney

Departmental expenditure on encouraging members of the public to carry organ donor cards was as follows:

£
1980 39,752
1981–82 65,081
1982–83 21,995
1983–84 802,705
1984–85 351,951

The Department is also indebted to health authorities and voluntary organisations which carry out complementary campaigns to supplement departmental publicity; details of such expenditure are not known centrally.