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<p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p><p>Dear Lord Pearson,</p><p>As
National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying
to your Parliamentary Question asking for the number of deaths that have been registered
in the last three months and predictions about how many deaths there would have been
without COVID-19 <strong>(HL3274)</strong>.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics
(ONS) produces a weekly report on provisional deaths registered in England and Wales[1].
The most recent figures available are for the week ending 17 April 2020. ONS mortality
statistics are compiled from information supplied when deaths are certified and registered
as part of civil registration.</p><p>Table 1 shows the number of weekly deaths registered
between week 1 (ending 3 January 2020) and week 16 (ending 17 April 2020), the five-year
average per week and the number of deaths where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death
certificate. The average is based on the number of death registrations that were recorded
for each corresponding week over the previous five years. We have included these figures
as they are presented in our weekly report. A copy of the table has been placed in
the House of Lords Library. The table shows that the increase in number of excess
deaths in the last two months, in relation to the five-year average per week, is greater
than the number of deaths due to Covid19, suggesting that there are potentially other
factors contributing to the increased death rate.</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong>Professor
Sir Ian Diamond</strong><strong> </strong></p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest</a></p>
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