To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give details of the number of people currently awaiting for organ transplants in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and in each of the health regions in England; and if he will state the number of successful transplants carried out in those regions during 1991.
Information on the place of residence of patients awaiting transplants is not collated centrally. The table gives, by United Kingdom territory and English region, the numbers of people registered for transplantation according to the location of the unit with which they are registered and the numbers of transplants performed according to the location of the unit.
| People waiting [As at 28 February 1992 by location of unit where registered] | Organs transplanted1[During 1991 by location of transplant unit] | |
| Scotland | 473 | 130 |
| Northern ireland | 76 | 47 |
| Wales | 113 | 65 |
| England—Regions | ||
| Northern | 317 | 199 |
| Yorkshire | 244 | 126 |
| Trent | 366 | 121 |
| East Anglian | 238 | 223 |
| North West Thames | 586 | 238 |
| North East Thames | 537 | 176 |
| South East + South West Thames | 407 | 387 |
People waiting [As at 28 February 1992 by location of unit where registered]
| Organs transplanted 1 [During 1991 by location of transplant unit]
| |
| Wessex | 111 | 83 |
| Oxford | 100 | 83 |
| South Western | 230 | 90 |
| West Midlands | 415 | 274 |
| Mersey | 135 | 70 |
| North Western | 415 | 140 |
| TOTALS | 4,763 | 2,452 |
| Based on information supplied by the United Kingdom Transplant Support Service Authority. | ||
1 Provisional figures for transplants from cadaveric donors. | ||