§ Mr. CasaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the annual running costs are of the donor register; [84306]
(2) what the cost was of setting up the donor register; [84307]
(3) how many transplants have been carried out from patients on the donor register (a) in the last 12 months and (b) in total. [84308]
§ Mr. HuttonExpenditure in 1998–99 for the running costs of the donor register amounted to £197,118. The first year cost of setting up the donor register was £298,294. The number of transplants carried out from people registered on the Organ Donor Register were(a) from May 1998 to April 1999, 186 solid organs and 218 corneas and (b) since the register started in 1994 486 solid organs and 679 corneas.