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Mortality Rates: Older People

Asked by Carla LockhartDemocratic Unionist PartyCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 16 February 2026UIN 111219

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the trends in the level of excess mortality above pre-2020 trends in the 50- to 64-year-old age group.

Answered by Josh Simons

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon lady’s Parliamentary Question of 5th February is attached.

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