Please let me have the evidence re COvid deaths and BAME given ethnicity isn’t recorded on deaths certificates.

Public Health England did not have the information requested.

Dear Public Health England,

Please email me the statistical evidence correlating COVID with ethnicity, given the latter isn’t recorded on death certificates, whilst age, occupation, gender, cause of death..are.

ONS guessed from surnames using linear regression from 2011 census.

Yours faithfully,

Sandra Killman

FOI, Public Health England

Dear Sandra Killman,

OFFICIAL

We acknowledge receipt of your email and request for information, which will be treated as a request for information under statutory access legislation.

Please note that requests under the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations (EIRs) will receive a response within 20 working days from the day following the date of receipt of your request.

If the request is for your personal data, your request has been handled as a data subject access request (SAR) under Article 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), then we will respond  within one month of the receipt of the request.

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Public Accountability Unit
Public Health England
[PHE request email]
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FOI, Public Health England

Dear George,

 

We have received the below request. Please will you discuss with the
Incident Director and Head of news as discussed.  Grateful if you could
provide a response by the 17 JUNE 2020:-

 

Kind Regards,

 

Dawn Smith

Freedom of Information Officer

Public Accountability Unit

Public Health England

[email address

 

www.gov.uk/phe   Follow us on Twitter @PHE_uk

 

 

 

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FOI, Public Health England

FOI would like to recall the message, "Case ref: 476 - Freedom of Information request - Please let me have the evidence re COvid deaths and BAME given ethnicity isn’t recorded on deaths certificates - CONTRIBUTION DUE BY 17 JUNE 2020".

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Dear FOI,

Please let me have your evidence that BAME are more likely to die of Covid given ethnicity isn’t recorded on a death certificate.

Age
Occupation
Cause
Etc are recorded

Yours sincerely,

Sandra Killman

FOI, Public Health England

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Dear Sandra,

Please find attached Public Health England's response to your request.

FOI Team
Public Accountability Unit
Public Health England
[PHE request email]
Tel: 020 8327 6920 
www.gov.uk/phe   Follow us on Twitter @PHE uk

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FOI, Public Health England

Dear Sandra Killman,

We acknowledge receipt of your email, which will be treated as a request for an internal review, following your requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please note we aim to complete your internal review within 20 working days from the day following the date of receipt of your request. We will notify you if we anticipate the internal review taking longer than 20 working days.

FOI Team
Public Accountability Unit
Public Health England
[PHE request email]
Tel: 020 8327 6920 
www.gov.uk/phe   Follow us on Twitter @PHE uk

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FOI, Public Health England

2 Attachments

Dear Sandra Killman,

Please find attached Public Health England's response to your request.

FOI Team
Public Accountability Unit
Public Health England
[PHE request email]
Tel: 020 8327 6920 
www.gov.uk/phe   Follow us on Twitter @PHE uk

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Dear FOI,

Can you confirm you matched secure Health Card Personal information to death certificates stating Covid (as ethnicity is not recorded on a death certificate)? And did you consult with next of kin to do this?

Yours sincerely,

Sandra Killman

FOI, Public Health England

Dear Sandra Killman,

Thank you for your email of 21 August 2020 to Public Health England (PHE) requesting information about personal information on death certificates.

PHE can confirm the subject matter in question does not fall within PHE’s remit. We, therefore, confirm PHE does not hold the information you have requested. Under Section 16 of the FOI Act, public authorities have a duty to provide advice and assistance. Accordingly, you may wish to contact the General Registry Office who administers death certificates.

Yours sincerely

FOI Team
Public Accountability Unit
Public Health England
[PHE request email]
Tel: 020 8327 6920
www.gov.uk/phe Follow us on Twitter @PHE uk

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