Death: Statistics

(asked on 9th September 2026) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what statistical criteria the Office for National Statistics uses to determine that weekly, rather than daily, publication represents the appropriate level of granularity for mortality statistics; and whether those criteria have been published.


Answered by
Dan Tomlinson Portrait
Dan Tomlinson
Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 17th September 2026

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.

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