Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8765

Death: Statistics

Tabled: 14 October 2024
Answered: 22 October 2024

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK — Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to mandate that fact-of-death is reported to the Office for National Statistics in England within eig

Answer

There is a legal responsibility to register a death within a five-day time period, from when a medical examiner submits the medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD) to the registrar. The Office for National Statistics compiles their mortality data fro...
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