Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the fees paid to medical professionals for death certifications in (a) the North East and (b) England in each of the past five years.

There is no fee payable for completing the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD).

When a patient dies it is the statutory duty of the doctor who has attended the patient in the last illness to issue an MCCD.