Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Bethell on 22 April (HL Deb, col 56), when they will publish their analysis of the increase in non-COVID-19 deaths that has taken place as a result of the restrictions in place to address the pandemic; and when they expect to publish an analysis of (1) the predicted trends, and (2) the estimated totals, for future non-COVID-19 deaths as a result of such restrictions. [T]

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is publishing a report on the increase in non-COVID-19 deaths observed in weekly deaths statistics, in coming weeks. This is mentioned in ONS’s statement of upcoming analysis on deaths and COVID-19. The report will analyse how the number of non-COVID-19 deaths occurring in different places of death, for different age groups and for different causes of death differ from previous years’ data and will suggest how these findings correspond with possible reasons for the increase.