Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the reasons behind the high level of Excess Winter Deaths (EWDs) in 2017-2018; what plans he put in place to reduce the number of EWDs in 2018-2019 and what plans he will put in place for 2019-2020.
The Home Office has no specific remit in respect of Excess Winter Deaths and has not made any such assessment.