You asked
Please would you let me know in writing if you hold information of the following description:
Statistics on the number of people who died each year since 2010 by their first names.
Also, statistics on the number of people who married each year since 2010 by their first names.
Please can I see the information.
If you are of the view that there may be further information of the kind requested but it is held by another public authority please let me know as soon as possible.
Please continue with this application as soon as possible.
I believe that the information requested is required in the public interest for the following reasons:
To uphold public confidence that the Government uses information about names to monitor changes and trends in society
To provide assurance that the Government collects statistics about names which may be valuable for research purposes
To ensure that public money is spent correctly in collecting information about names
If you are of the view that there may be further information of the kind requested but it is held by another public authority please let me know as soon as possible
We said
Thank you for your recent query regarding death and marriage data.
The production of the requested data would require special extracts and tabulations of death and marriage data for England and Wales. These 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 ONS considers that S21(1) applies to this request and the information does not have to be supplied under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. S21(1) is an absolute exemption and no consideration of the public interest test needs to be applied.