Question follow-through · 26957
Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was between the registration of a death and the certification of that death in (a) Wales, (b) England, and (c) each coroner area in Wales in the latest year for which dat
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was between the registration of a death and the certification of that death in (a) Wales, (b) England, and (c) each coroner area in Wales in the latest year for which dat
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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11 Sept 2026
Answer published
Information is held in a reportable format for deaths registered in England and Wales and are published by the Office for National Statistics at: Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional - Office for National Statistics
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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