HC Deb 27 October 1997 vol 299 cc703-4W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will estimate how many and what percentage of people in Wales (i) carry a donor card and (ii) are registered on the NHS organ donor register. [12911]

Mr. Win Griffiths

The number of people carrying organ donor cards is not known centrally. There were 390 thousand Welsh residents on the NHS organ donor register at 18 October 1997, about 13 per cent. of the population.