Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
Commons · Question 4821 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Darren Paffey
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure families are not penalised under the 5 day legal requirement to register a death when facing delays caused by (a) lack of appointments and (b) administ
Answer
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 8 Jun 2026
The Department has policy and operational responsibility for the death certification process in England and Wales, which includes the medical examiner function which scrutinises all non-coronial deaths. Medical examiners and their officers are expected to...