Question follow-through · 8764

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long the 20 longest delays between (a) occurrence date and (b) registration date were for covid-19 related deaths in England that (i) occurred in 2020 and (ii) were subject to an inquest.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 14 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 16 Oct 2024
Answer: 22 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how long the 20 longest delays between (a) occurrence date and (b) registration date were for covid-19 related deaths in England that (i) occurred in 2020 and (ii) were subject to an inquest.
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2024
Answer published
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Questions of 14th October is attached.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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