Written questions

Organs: Donors

Commons · Question 128194 · Tabled 20 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many organ donations under deemed consent legislation have there been from deceased donors between 1st January (a) 2022, and (b) 2026.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 28 Apr 2026

NHS Blood and Transplant is responsible for organ donation in the United Kingdom and manages the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR).Deemed consent donors are people who became deceased donors, donating one or more organs, where no decision to donate had been ...