Written question asked by Lord Lansley (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 October 2007. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Thursday, 25 October 2007 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Death: Weather

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many winter excess deaths there were in (a) England and (b) the UK in each year since 1996-97.

Answer: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 25 October 2007:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the winter mortality statistics were for (a) England and (b) the UK for the number of winter excess deaths in each year since 1996-97. I am replying in her absence. (160273)""ONS has published figures for excess winter mortality for England on the National Statistics website for winters from 1991/92 onwards. The latest data are currently provisional figures for 2005/06.""Excess winter mortality figures are not produced for the UK. Figures for England can be found via the link below:""http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D7089.xls"

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