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Written question asked by Nigel Evans (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 January 2010. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Thursday, 28 January 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Weather: Death

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the likely number of excess deaths attributable to cold weather in January 2010.
Answer

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) releases provisional mortality statistics for the previous winter every following autumn. These figures are placed on the ONS website once published. It is not possible to get exact figures earlier than this due to time delays from death certification.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c1084W; 313159
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Death Weather
Link
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