Written question asked by Lord Lansley (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 19 October 2007. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 29 October 2007 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Death: Weather

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Office of National Statistics will publish the 2006-07 Excess Winter Mortality Statistics.

Answer: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated 25 October 2007:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking when the Office for National Statistics will publish the 2006-07 Excess Winter Mortality statistics. I am replying in her absence. (159726)""It is anticipated that provisional excess winter mortality figures for the winter of 2006/07 will be published on the National Statistics website on 28th November 2007. This will shortly be confirmed in the National Statistics Release Calendar."

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