Death: Statistics
Commons · Question 8765 · Tabled 14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to mandate that fact-of-death is reported to the Office for National Statistics in England within eig
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 22 Oct 2024
There is a legal responsibility to register a death within a five-day time period, from when a medical examiner submits the medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD) to the registrar. The Office for National Statistics compiles their mortality data fro...