Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 111219

Mortality Rates: Older People

Tabled: 5 February 2026
Answered: 16 February 2026

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the trends in the level of excess mortality above pre-2020 trends in the 50- to 64-year-old age group.

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.