FOI request for data related to deaths in Scotland and the impact of COVID-19
Dear Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland),
I would like to make a Freedom of Information request for yourselves for the following data please:
Date range: 01/03/2020 ending 31/07/2020
Data requirement:
Amount of Deaths per day for the date range above
Amount of Deaths per day stamped/marked with COVID-19 as the cause of death
Amount of Deaths per day with a Death Certificate issued
Amount of Death Certificates issued per day with a cause of death stamped/marked as being COVID-19
Please use excel or another electronic software application via email to complete my request to aid in minimizing impact to the climate.
My details are as follows:
Simon Purvis
62 Repton Crescent
Reading
R G6 1F L
Yours faithfully,
Simon Purvis
07403152250
Dear Simon Purvis,
Thank you for your two requests dated 3 August 2020 under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) requesting data related to deaths
in Scotland and the impact of COVID-19.
We have received two requests from you on the same day, one we are
replying to and the other attached, which we received at 19:44 via
whatdotheyknow website. They seem to ask the same questions except one
additional question contained within the one I am replying to. Can you
please confirm whether you are happy for us to combine both under one FOI
request or can you let us know which of the two requests you would like us
to answer.
Yours sincerely,
NRS FOI Team
4 August 2020
From: Simon Purvis <[email address]>
Sent: 03 August 2020 17:24
To: NRS : Freedom of Information Mailbox <[Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) request email]>
Cc: [email address]
Subject: FOI request
Importance: High
Dear sir/madam,
Following your website and its advise I would like to make a Freedom of
Information request for yourselves for the following data please:
Date range: 01/03/2020 ending 31/07/2020
Data requirement:
1. Amount of Deaths per day for the date range above
2. Amount of Deaths per day stamped/marked with COVID-19 as the cause of
death
3. Amount of Deaths per day with a Death Certificate issued
4. Amount of Death Certificates issued per day with a cause of death
stamped/marked as being COVID-19
5. As above but with the following information available for filtering
purposes: Sex, Age, Race, Post Code of deceased to unit level
Please use excel or another electronic software application via email to
complete my request to aid in minimizing impact to the climate.
My details are as follows:
Simon Purvis
62 Repton Crescent
Reading
RG61FL
Yours sincerely
Simon Purvis
07403152250
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Dear Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland), apologies for the duplication.
Please proceed with the email request which you have forwarded and I have detailed below.
Date range: 01/03/2020 ending 31/07/2020
Data requirement:
1. Amount of Deaths per day for the date range above
2. Amount of Deaths per day stamped/marked with COVID-19 as the cause of
death
3. Amount of Deaths per day with a Death Certificate issued
4. Amount of Death Certificates issued per day with a cause of death
stamped/marked as being COVID-19
5. As above but with the following information available for filtering
purposes: Sex, Age, Race, Post Code of deceased to unit level
Please use excel or another electronic software application via email to
complete my request to aid in minimizing impact to the climate.
Yours faithfully,
Simon Purvis
Dear Simon Purvis,
Thank you for your clarification response dated 05 August 2020 confirming the details of the request you would like to lodge under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) regarding details on deaths between 01/03/20 and 31/07/20.
We will respond in accordance with FOISA by 02 September 2020.
If you have any queries, please contact the NRS FOI Team quoting case number 202000071284.
Kind regards
NRS FOI Team
05 August 2020
Dear Simon Purvis,
Please find attached the response from National Records of Scotland to your recent Freedom of Information request.
Regards,
NRS FOI Team
21 August 2020
Dear Simon Purvis,
Following from our email earlier this morning, please find attached our response to your recent FOI request again as well as the spreadsheet mentioned in our response.
Kind regards
NRS FOI Team
21 August 2020
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