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Written Question
Death: Wales
Tuesday 21st January 2025

Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths were registered in Wales between 9 September 2024 and 31 December 2024.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Questions of 13th January is attached.


Written Question
Death: Wales
Tuesday 21st January 2025

Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths were registered in Wales between 1 January 2024 and 8 September 2024.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Questions of 13th January is attached.


Written Question
Death Certificates: Wales
Tuesday 21st January 2025

Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, of the deaths registered in Wales between 9 September 2024 and 31 December 2024 and which were not reported to the Coroner, how long on average did it take for a certificate for (a) burial or (b) cremation to be issued.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Questions of 13th January is attached.


Written Question
Death Certificates: Wales
Tuesday 21st January 2025

Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, of the deaths registered in Wales between 1 January 2024 and 8 September 2024 and which were not reported to the Coroner, how long on average did it take for a certificate for (a) burial or (b) cremation to be issued.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Questions of 13th January is attached.


Written Question
Death: Statistics
Monday 14th November 2022

Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives from the Office for National Statistics regarding an analysis of excess deaths since June 2022.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 7 November is attached.


Written Question
Death
Wednesday 7th September 2022

Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for an increase in excess deaths since June 2022; and what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Welsh Government on those increases.

Answered by Edward Argar

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.


A response to the hon. Member’s Parliamentary Question of 2 September is attached. As Minister for the Cabinet Office, I authorise the update to be deposited into the House of Commons Library when ready.


Written Question
Government Departments: ICT
Monday 25th April 2022

Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion Preseli)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will review the appropriateness of arrangements and guidance on the use of WhatsApp and other electronic communications to conduct Government business with reference to (a) security, (b) transparency and (c) accountability.

Answered by Michael Ellis

Government has arrangements and guidance in place for the management of all electronic communications. As with all guidance, this is kept under review and updated as necessary. We are currently awaiting the judgement in legal proceedings in relation to government policy in this area. As such, I am not able to comment any further at this time.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Jan 2022
Covid-19 Update

"The Prime Minister has made his position clear in saying that the Government will see out the current wave with no further restrictions or new support for businesses, but, as he will know, the Government in Wales have implemented new measures to limit the spread of the virus. Does he …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q3. With the emergence of the omicron variant and the rising number of covid infections, more and more people are being asked to self-isolate or stay at home to look after isolating children. I have been contacted by people in Ceredigion who have been excluded from isolation support payments as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q2. At a time of widespread concern about the HGV driver crisis, I have been contacted by a number of drivers from Ceredigion who believe that the decision to increase their hours will fail to solve the problem. It is clear to them that a long-term solution requires improved working …..."
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