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<p>In England and Wales deaths are recorded by the Registrar of Births and Deaths,
who will issue a death certificate. Registrars receive information about the cause
of death from either a Qualified Attending Practitioner (who is usually the last attending
GP or hospital doctor) or a Coroner, depending upon the type of death. The purpose
of the death certificate is to record the cause of death. The death certificate will
also record the person’s ‘usual’ address.</p><p>The Secretary of State committed in
an Urgent Question on 20 December (Official report, Column 995) to raising with the
Ministry of Justice what more could be done to accurately record the housing status
of a deceased person on death certificates. Officials are currently taking this work
forward.</p><p> </p>
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