FOI REF: FOI-2024-1899
You asked
I believe that there may have been some errors caused in creating the new methodology for estimating the number of excess deaths in the UK by undue influence exerted on certain decision making individuals, so I now request the minutes of the meeting in which the course of action was taken to craft the new methodology for estimating the number of excess deaths in the UK.
We said
Thank you for your request.
The meeting minutes where the course of action was taken to craft the new excess deaths methodology can be found via the following link to the UKSA Board meeting of January 2023.
The Board were updated as the research progressed, reflected in the following publications:
You may also be interested in the blog post published at the start of the project, which outlines the methods that would be investigated. Initial findings of the range of methods investigated are available in a paper presented to the April 2023 Methodological Assurance Review Panel meeting (the minutes of which can be found here).