Written Question·Home Office·UIN 28250

Death Certificates

Tabled: 3 February 2025

Answered: 6 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to release death certificates.

Answer

Seema Malhotra

Since the implementation of the death certification reforms in September 2024, the 5-day statutory time period for an informant to register a death commences when the registrar receives a completed Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) from a Medic...

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