FOI Reference: FOI/2021/3016
You asked
You have recently published a report titled "Deaths involving Covid-19 by vaccination status", as per the link below.
I would like to have the full details of data before your compiling, namely, the individual deaths per
day in the year
sex
age upon death
number of days since 1st vaccination dose, when applicable
number of days since 2nd vaccination dose, when applicable
Covid-19 involving or not status
clinical vulnerability
long-term health ability
immuno status
etc. any data allowing the replication of your calculations.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Unfortunately, we are unable disclose individual record-level data used to compile the bulletin linked in your request. Death data by day, sex, single year of age, vaccination status, cause and clinical vulnerability would constitute personal information, owing to the high level of detail involved in this information. Section 39 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (SRSA) which renders it an offence to disclose information held by the Statistics Board for statistical purposes that would identify an individual. As we are prohibited by law from publishing statistics in which individuals can be identified, we find that Section 44 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) applies. Section 44 is an absolute exemption and no consideration of the public interest test needs to be applied. This is also consistent with our disclosure control methodology used for deaths.
I am sorry we have been unable assist in this matter.