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Mortality Rates

Asked by Carla LockhartDemocratic Unionist PartyCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 16 February 2026UIN 111220

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure modelled increases in expected deaths are not used to retroactively redefine excess mortality as normal.

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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