Question follow-through · 35346

Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2025 to Question 31062 on Death Certificates, what the median time taken was to register a death at the most localised level for which data is available.

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
6 Mar 2025
Answer
12 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2025 to Question 31062 on Death Certificates, what the median time taken was to register a death at the most localised level for which data is available.

  2. 6 Mar 2025

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  3. 12 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes weekly data showing the median time to register a death by certification type in England and Wales. The latest data, for deaths registered in the week ending 21 February 2025, shows that the median time t...

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