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1731941

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of capacity in (a) the ambulance service and (b) emergency departments on trends in the level of excess deaths in (i) York and (ii) the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	7469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The method used by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and the Office for National Statistics, does not allow an assessment to be made of the potential influence of capacity in the ambulance service and emergency departments on estimates of excess deaths.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 14/10/2024 14:22:26 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1719917

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mortality Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to analyse and attribute the level and causes of excess deaths in the UK since 2020, both those caused directly by COVID-19 and those from other sources.
tabling member printed	Lord Weir of Ballyholme
uin	HL4839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Excess deaths are the difference between the number of registered deaths and the number expected based on previous trends. Weekly estimates of excess deaths are published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Its latest data shows that for the years 2020 to 2022, there were an estimated 151,506 estimated excess deaths in England.</p><p>It is likely that deaths from COVID-19 were a large driver of excess deaths in the peak pandemic periods. Deaths were above the expected level for most of the second half of 2021, and from March 2022 until the summer of 2023; however, deaths have been below the expected level for most weeks since then.</p><p>The drivers of excess deaths are not fully understood, and the excess is likely to be the net effect of many complex and potentially related factors. The attribution of excess deaths to these factors is complex and beyond the scope of the ONS methodology. The UK Health Security Agency has estimated the excess deaths due to acute factors, such as heatwaves, cold snaps, COVID-19 and influenza.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL4838 question first answered 24/05/2024 13:41:50 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	4970 label Biography information for Lord Weir of Ballyholme

1715546

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason there was an increase in death rates among 20-44 year olds in 2023 from 2019.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	24685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>Data published by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities provides recent estimates of excess mortality in England by age group. Estimates for 20 to 44 year olds are not available, but data are published for those aged 25 to 49. These show that in 2023, deaths in this age group were 3% lower than expected. The number of expected deaths is based on the trend in mortality rates for this age group in the 5 years before 2023. This baseline excludes periods with particularly high numbers of deaths from COVID-19.</p><p>This estimate for excess mortality in 2023 reflects, in part, an increase in mortality for this age group over the preceding 5 years. However, official estimates of mortality rates for this age group have not been published. The Office for National Statistics have also not yet released final mortality data or mid-year population estimates for 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/05/2024 13:30:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 32811 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1682528

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of reasons for the the rise in excess deaths since 2020.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	9900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>Estimates from both the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the number of death registrations in England in 2023 was 6% higher than expected. It is likely that a combination of factors has contributed, including high flu prevalence, the ongoing challenges of COVID-19 and health conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.</p><p>More estimates from both OHID and ONS show that there has not been a rise in excess deaths since 2020 estimated numbers of excess deaths have reduced each year from 2020. The following table shows these estimates from 21 March 2020 to 1 December 2023:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Pandemic to date</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2023 to date</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of excess deaths estimated by OHID</p></td><td><p>170,804</p></td><td><p>70,719</p></td><td><p>43,108</p></td><td><p>30,596</p></td><td><p>26,381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% higher than expected</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of excess deaths by ONS</p></td><td><p>187,998</p></td><td><p>76,169</p></td><td><p>52,506</p></td><td><p>32,946</p></td><td><p>26,377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% higher than expected</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: OHID and ONS</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Pandemic to date: data from 21 March 2020 to 1 December 2023</li><li>2020: data from 21 March 2020 to 1 January 2021</li><li>2021: data from 2 January 2021 to 31 December 2021</li><li>2022: data from 1 January 2022 to 30 December 2022</li><li>2023: data from 31 December 2022 to 1 December 2023</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/01/2024 14:58:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1665857

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2023 to Question 117873 on Mortality Rates, whether a detailed assessment is now available on factors that contributed to ONS data showing that excess deaths in England and Wales were higher than the five-year average in September, October and November 2022; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	203383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>A detailed assessment is not available.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 24/10/2023 16:41:52 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 101615 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1649545

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the size of waiting lists on excess deaths.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	192244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made.</p><p>The ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’ outlines how the National Health Service will bring down waiting times across all elective services.</p><p>To support this plan and tackle waiting lists, the Government plans to spend more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25 to drive up and protect elective activity.</p><p>We have met our target to virtually eliminate long waits of two years or more for elective procedures in July 2022, and significantly reduced the number of patients waiting 18 months or more by April 2023 by over 91% from the peak in September 2021.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/07/2023 09:40:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1645333

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for the trend in the level of excess deaths in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	190004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department will continue to monitor and report on levels of excess deaths. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities regularly publishes estimates of excess mortality in England. They adjust for population growth and ageing. This provides further insight on the causes of death driving the excess mortality over the last 12 months.</p><p>Whilst a detailed assessment of trends in the causes of excess deaths is not available, it is likely that a combination of factors has contributed, including high flu prevalence, the ongoing challenges of COVID-19, and health conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.</p><p>On 24 January 2023, the Government announced that it will publish a Major Conditions Strategy and an interim report will be published in the summer. The strategy will set out a strong and coherent policy agenda that sets out a shift to integrated, whole-person care. The strategy will tackle conditions that contribute most to morbidity and mortality across the population in England including, cancers, cardiovascular disease, including stroke and diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, dementia, mental ill health and musculoskeletal conditions. Interventions set out in the strategy will aim to alleviate pressure on the health system, as well as support the government’s objective to increase healthy life expectancy and reduce ill-health related labour market inactivity.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 21/06/2023 16:53:10 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1645334

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of climate change on trends in the level of excess deaths.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	190005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are updating the evidence base on the health impacts of climate change through producing a United Kingdom focused report, ‘Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK’.</p><p>This report will consider a wide range of risks and opportunities of climate change impacts on health, including excess deaths where there is available evidence to determine estimations, as identified by the Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA). It will include an update of the estimates of direct and indirect climate-related health impacts using the UKCP18 climate projections, and reviews of the health impacts of multiple climate-related risks such as temperature, drought, outdoor and indoor air quality, vector-borne diseases, and net zero measures.</p><p>The report will inform local and national government and other relevant organisations of the health effects of climate change in the UK and identify research gaps and recommend actions for policy and practice where required. The fourth iteration of the report will be published in September 2023.</p><p>The previous report, third report, published in 2012 is available at the following link:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/371103/Health_Effects_of_Climate_Change_in_the_UK_2012_V13_with_cover_accessible.pdf</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 22/06/2023 09:08:09 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1641240

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of recent data published by the Office of National Statistics on excess deaths.
tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
uin	187274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities works alongside the Office for National Statistics to understand excess deaths. A combination of factors has contributed to these excess deaths, including high flu prevalence, the ongoing challenges of COVID-19 and health conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.</p><p>On 24 January 2023, the Government announced that it will publish a Major Conditions Strategy and an interim report will be published in the summer. The strategy will set out a strong and coherent policy agenda that sets out a shift to integrated, whole-person care. The strategy will tackle conditions that contribute most to morbidity and mortality across the population in England including, cancers, cardiovascular disease, including stroke and diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, dementia, mental ill health and musculoskeletal conditions.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 08/06/2023 12:23:37 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1639438

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the data published by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities entitled Excess Mortality in England, published on 12 May 2023, if he will commission an investigation into the reasons for trends in the level of (a) unexpected deaths from cardiovascular causes and (b) extra deaths in people under the age of 64 in last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	186119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to commission an investigation into the excess deaths in England in the last 12 months but will continue to monitor and report on levels of excess deaths. A combination of factors has contributed to an increase in the number of deaths, including high flu prevalence, the ongoing challenges of COVID-19 and health conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.</p><p>On 24 January 2023, the Government announced that it will publish a Major Conditions Strategy and an interim report will be published in the summer. The strategy will set out a strong and coherent policy agenda that sets out a shift to integrated, whole-person care. The strategy will tackle conditions that contribute most to morbidity and mortality across the population in England including, cancers, cardiovascular disease, including stroke and diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, dementia, mental ill health and musculoskeletal conditions. Interventions set out in the strategy will aim to alleviate pressure on the health system, as well as support the Government’s objective to increase healthy life expectancy and reduce ill-health related labour market inactivity.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien grouped question UIN 186120 question first answered 26/05/2023 12:59:45 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey