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Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 111220

Mortality Rates

Tabled: 5 February 2026
Answered: 16 February 2026

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure modelled increases in expected deaths are not used to retroactively redefine excess mortality as normal.

Answer

Josh Simons
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 5th February is attached.