Question follow-through · 120406
Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will consider introducing cross-departmental guidance on compassionate death registration to ensure consistency across local authorities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will consider introducing cross-departmental guidance on compassionate death registration to ensure consistency across local authorities.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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24 Mar 2026
Answer published
There are currently no plans to introduce cross-departmental guidance on compassionate death registration. Medical professionals, registrars and others involved in the certification and registration processes all have guidance and training in place in acc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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