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ATNMz2YJ
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Nicholas Richard Hurd
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<p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.</p><p>Letter from Glen Watson, dated November 2013:</p><p>As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what assessment he has made of the case for publishing annual figures on how many babies die of SIDS each year. [174188].</p><p>ONS ran a public consultation from 2 September to 31 October 2013 to inform necessary reductions to our statistical outputs. The statistical bulletin that presents figures for unexplained deaths in infancy (including figures for deaths from sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS) was included in this consultation.</p><p>In common with much of the public sector, ONS is facing significant funding pressures and we need to make annual savings of around £9 million this year and next. Most of these savings will come from streamlining our business operations, but some cuts to statistical outputs will also be necessary.</p><p>As around 80% of our outputs are required under EU or UK law, this consultation focused on those not required by law.</p><p>While we will have to reduce some outputs, we are not proposing to cut all of those included in the consultation. The aim of the consultation was to obtain feedback on the need for, and use of, these outputs so ONS could determine which cuts would have the least impact on our users. We have not yet had the opportunity to analyse all of the responses or to make decisions about which outputs will be cut.</p><p>Figures for unexplained deaths in infancy in England and Wales are published annually on the ONS website:</p><p>http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/child-health/unexplained-deaths-in-infancy--england-and-wales/index.html</p>
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Cabinet Office
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Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office
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WfpHGEKA
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WfpHGEKA
Nicholas Richard Hurd
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