Roberta Blackman-Woods – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roberta Blackman-Woods on 2016-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisons record whether inmates are registered as organ donors; and what protocols are in place for donation of organs after a death in custody.

Andrew Selous

The decision to be an organ donor is for prisoners to discuss with their next of kin and to decide whether they wish to add their name to the National Organ Donor Register. Organ donation by prisoners who are transferred to hospital prior to death may be considered in certain clinical circumstances and providing that it does not affect any coroner investigation.