You asked

I would like to request the following:

  1. Deaths and adverse reactions following the COVID-19 vaccine in the UK since December 2020.

  2. UK annual death figures from all vaccines from 2000-2020.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

We are responsible for the production of Mortality data for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from the death certificate 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.

Deaths after receipt of COVID-19 Vaccine

You can find the number of deaths involving COVID-19 (not restricted to first or second vaccination) in table 12 of our Monthly Mortality Analysis dataset, these include figures for deaths involving adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccination. There are currently 2 deaths registered with the aligning ICD codes for this. However, should this change, they will be updated in this table. This publication is due to be updated in June 2021.

Deaths within a period of time after vaccination

This information requires complex analysis linking vaccination records to death registrations. We are working on analysis on all aspects of the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and mortality, which will be published in June. Once we have finalised these plans a publication date will be announced on our Release Calendar.

You can find figures published by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) here.

Adverse Reactions to the COVID-19 Vaccine.

Unfortunately, we do have access to this information and consider this information not held. Please contact the  Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

UK Annual death figures from vaccinations.

Unfortunately, we do not hold UK annual death figures from 2000-2020.

However, using the NOMIS webservice, I can provide you with deaths due to Vaccines (ICD-10 code Y58 to Y59) for 2013-2019 for England and Wales.

If this does not meet your needs, we may be able to create a custom output. Information on deaths by specific ICD-10 code along with other special extracts and tabulations of mortality data for England and Wales are available to order (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate).

Such enquiries would fall outside of the Freedom of Information regime and should be made to: Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.