FOI Ref: ​FOI/2021/2670

You asked

Please supply the following information:

  1. The average annual cost of producing the 'Child and infant mortality in England and Wales' statistics (annual publication)
  2. The average annual cost of producing the 'Avoidable mortality in England and Wales: children and young people' statistics (annual publication)

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

The average cost of producing the 'Child and Infant mortality' annual release is £35,701.

The average cost of producing the 'Avoidable mortality in England and Wales: children and young people' publication is £2,621. Please note that this is part of a larger publication.

These costs are based on analytical staff only (including overheads) and do not include data collection and processing.

For further information, please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.