Question follow-through · 111219

Mortality Rates: Older People

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.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
9 Feb 2026
Answer
16 Feb 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 9 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    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.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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