Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the number of excess deaths reported by the Office for National Statistics; and if he will make a statement.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is regularly updated with COVID-19-related deaths and has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues about policy decisions which are informed by the scientific advice, including analysis of a wide range of data sources.