Written question asked by Esther McVey (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 September 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 September 2026. It was answered by Dan Tomlinson (Labour) on Thursday, 17 September 2026 on behalf of the Cabinet Office. UK Statistics Authority was asked to reply.
Death: Statistics
- Question
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Office for National Statistics has made of whether the risk of misinterpretation of daily mortality figures could be mitigated through (a) provisional-data labelling, (b) publication of completeness estimates, (c) revision indicators, (d) seven-day rolling averages and (e) delaying publication of the most recent observations.
- Answer
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The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
A response to the Rt. Hon lady Parliamentary Question of 9th September is attached.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 28301
- Session
- 2026-27
- Attachment
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the ONS
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Death Office for National Statistics Statistics
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- 2026-09-18 12:00:28 +0100
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