Mr. John D. TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when the national health service organ donor register was established; how many people have registered with it; when the register will come into operation; and what proposals she has to promote public awareness of it.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe national health service organ donor register was launched on 6 October 1994. More than 700,000 people have joined the register. The register is already fully operational. This month we launched an advertising campaign in England in addition to ongoing publicity initiatives.
Note: Around 440,000 of these were transferred from the existing Lifeline Wales register.