Question follow-through · 28300
Death: Statistics
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics has assessed the feasibility of publishing deaths by individual date of occurrence subject to a fixed publication lag of (a) 14, (b) 21 and (c) 28 days.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics has assessed the feasibility of publishing deaths by individual date of occurrence subject to a fixed publication lag of (a) 14, (b) 21 and (c) 28 days.
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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17 Sept 2026
Answer published
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Rt. Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
Later records
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