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Death Certificates

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 11 April 2025UIN 43828

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had to wait longer than 10 days for a death certificate to be issued following the death of a family member since 2019.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The Office for National Statistics publishes weekly and annual data sets on death registration which includes the median time taken to register a death.

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