Civil Registration of Deaths Dataset

Death registrations are provided by local registries to the General Registry Office, then on to ONS for codification. These data are then provided on to NHS Digital to support the maintenance of accurate records on PDS, where death registrations data are added to dataset. Other variables, including cause of death, informants details etc. are then processed and used for analysis and research. 

Direction  

Sections 254(1) and (6), 274(2) and 304(9), (10), (11) and (12) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and Regulation 32 of the National Institute for Health and Social Care Excellence (Constitution and Functions) and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Functions) Regulations 2013. 

Legal basis for the collection of the data  

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (HSCA 2012) section 254. 

Data Provision Notice  

To be confirmed.

Legal basis for the provision of data  

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (HSCA 2012) section 259. 

Legal basis for processing the data 

The UK GDPR Article 6 lawful basis for the processing of the personal data within this collection falls under: 

• Article 6(1)(e) processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. 

The UK GDPR Article 9 condition for processing special categories of personal data within the collection falls under: 

• Article 9 2 (h) processing is necessary for the provision of health care or treatment, and for the management of health care systems or services. 

Transparency notice  

Find out about the Transparency Notice

Lag time from collection to dissemination  

Between 7 and 10 days. 

Frequency  

Every Tuesday. 

Commissioning extracts specification  

Deaths dataset specification. 

Suppression rules 

To be confirmed.