Written questions

Organs: Donors

Commons · Question 7535 · Tabled 8 Jun 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 19 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to make organ donation education a compulsory topic in the national curriculum.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 19 Jun 2026

As part of the updated statutory relationships, sex and health education guidance, the curriculum sets out that pupils at secondary age should be taught about blood, organ and stem cell donation.Whilst organ donation is not a compulsory subject at primary...