HL Deb 28 March 2000 vol 611 c62WA
Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many civil servants' deaths over the last five years were attributable to their service. [HL1469]

The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Lord Falconer of Thoroton)

In the period 1 April 1994 to 1 April 1999, 2,420 civil servants died. Information on the cause of death is not held centrally.