You asked
Could you send me the UK total deaths for the year please up to date.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We are responsible for producing mortality statistics for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from death certificates at death registration. National Records Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible for statistics pertaining to Scotland and Northern Ireland. They can be contacted at foi@nrscotland.gov.uk and info@nisra.gov.uk respectively.
Provisional weekly death registration data for 2020 is available via the following publication: Weekly deaths bulletin. Weekly deaths are available in the 'weekly figures 2020' table, this is updated every Tuesday at 09:30.
Weekly 2020 death figures summed: 604,045 (up to week ending 25 December).
If you would like to discuss your request further, please contact health.data@ons.gov.uk.