Death
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) timeliness and (b) accuracy of death notifications across Government systems.
Answered by Andrew Western
Tell Us Once is a cross government voluntary death notification service, available in all local authorities within England, Scotland & Wales. The service allows recently bereaved citizens, at a very stressful time in their lives, to inform participating government departments of a
registered death, the choice of who is informed of the event of death and the supplementary information regarding the deceased is also dictated by citizen choice - thus providing the best possible experience with fairness, respect, compassion and dignity.
Once a customer informs TUO of a death, partner organisations are informed by the next working day.
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