Death: Registration
Commons · Question 13045 · Tabled 24 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Darren Paffey
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the inclusion of weekends and bank holidays in the 5 day legal requirement to register a death on the timeliness of death registr
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 3 Jul 2026
Monitoring has shown good appointment availability to enable the registration of deaths in England and Wales within the 5-day statutory time period. The Government’s work towards transforming the death registration process will allow the bereaved to regis...