To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many transplants were performed in private clinical practice using solid organs from living donors removed (a) in NHS facilities and (b) in other facilities in each of the last 10 years. (304249)

All organ retrieval and organ implantation in the United Kingdom is notified to NHS Blood and Transplant. All living donation in the UK is approved by the Human Tissue Authority to safeguard against coercion and trafficking.

The method of payment for transplant operations carried out using organs taken from living donors in national health service trust facilities is not recorded. Therefore, it is not possible to provide data on the number of transplants that were performed privately using organs retrieved from living donors in NHS facilities.

The following table shows organs retrieved from living donors in non-NHS facilities for transplants performed in private hospitals in the UK in each of the last 10 years. With one exception as detailed, all organs were retrieved in the same private hospital where they were transplanted.