You asked
I am emailing to enquire about the availability of data related to register deaths.
Currently I am working with the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) death registrations 2015 for England and Wales, this was released in December 2016. I was wondering if a similar release was going to be made this year for the 2016? And if so when?
We said
There are no current plans to release 2016 data by Lower Super Output Area (LSOA), sex and age, however the data you have requested are available in the Virtual Microdata Laboratory (VML) for those accredited under the Approved Researcher Scheme. For further information please follow the link below: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/business-transparency/freedom-of-information/what-can-i-request/virtual-microdata-laboratory--vml-/index.html
To obtain access to the data please contact the VML team. Their contact details are: Email: VML.Service.Desk@ons.gov.uk Telephone: 01329 447871.
Alternatively, this information can be obtained from the customer services team of the Vital Statistics Outputs Branch. Special extracts and tabulations for England and Wales are available to order (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate). Such enquiries should be made to:
Vital Statistics Outputs Branch
Office for National Statistics
Segensworth Road
Titchfield
Fareham
Hampshire
PO15 5RR
Tel: +44 (0)1329 444 110
E-mail: vsob@ons.gov.uk
As this information is already available to you via this route, we consider that s.21(1) applies to this request and the information does not have to be supplied under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. S.21(1) is an absolute exemption and no consideration of the public interest test needs to be applied.