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star this property date less than 2024-01-26more like thismore than 2024-01-26
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Coroners remove filter
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page one of the Government response to the First Report of the Justice Select Committee of Session 2021-22 on The Coroner Service, HC 675, published on 10 September 2021; what his Department's planned timetable is to respond to the Committee's 11 outstanding recommendations. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Bristol East more like this
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Kerry McCarthy more like this
star this property uin 11592 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2024-02-02more like thismore than 2024-02-02
star this property answer text <p>We have successfully delivered or are taking forward some of the recommendations which we committed to consider further in our 2021 response to the Justice Committee’s Inquiry into the Coroner Service. However, other priorities, including our key involvement in delivering cross-cutting Government reforms in the death management sector, have meant that we have not been able to progress some of these issues as far as we would have liked. We remain committed to doing so as soon as practicable.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green more like this
star this property answering member printed Mike Freer more like this
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less than 2024-02-02T14:42:46.803Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-02T14:42:46.803Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mike Freer more like this
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1491
star this property label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy more like this
1659962
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star this property date less than 2023-09-12more like thismore than 2023-09-12
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Coroners remove filter
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to review the guidance for coroners in Prevention of Future Deaths Reports. more like this
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans more like this
star this property uin HL10072 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-09-19more like thismore than 2023-09-19
star this property answer text <p>The Chief Coroner has issued Guidance for coroners on Reports to Prevent Future Deaths which can be found at: <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/revised-chief-coroners-guidance-no-5-reports-to-prevent-future-deathsi/" target="_blank">Revised Chief Coroner's Guidance No.5 Reports to Prevent Future Deaths[i] - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary</a>.</p><p>Any review of the Guidance is a matter for the Chief Coroner in his independent judicial capacity.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Bellamy more like this
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less than 2023-09-19T14:23:18.64Zmore like thismore than 2023-09-19T14:23:18.64Z
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4941
star this property label Biography information for Lord Bellamy more like this
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4308
star this property label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans more like this
1655046
unstar this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2023-07-24more like thismore than 2023-07-24
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Coroners remove filter
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask His Majesty's Government how many Prevention of Future Deaths reports were issued in each of the past five years. more like this
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The Lord Bishop of St Albans more like this
star this property uin HL9639 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2023-08-07more like thismore than 2023-08-07
star this property answer text <p>With regard to the number of Prevention of Future Death (PFD) reports published in each of the last five years, I refer to my answer to the noble Lord Watson of Wyre Forest on 4 July (UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-07-04/hl9054" target="_blank">HL9054</a>).</p><p>The Government does not collate analysis of references to reasons for suicide in PFD reports.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Lord Bellamy more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL9638 more like this
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less than 2023-08-07T15:47:24.84Zmore like thismore than 2023-08-07T15:47:24.84Z
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4941
star this property label Biography information for Lord Bellamy more like this
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4308
star this property label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans more like this
1653392
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star this property date less than 2023-07-17more like thismore than 2023-07-17
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Coroners remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests have been recorded in each of the last five years. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Hendon more like this
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Dr Matthew Offord more like this
star this property uin 194390 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2023-07-25more like thismore than 2023-07-25
star this property answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">Coroner Statistics</a> each May covering the preceding calendar year. The information is collated from data provided by each of the 81 coroner areas across England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the published statistics is set out in the table below, across all coroner areas for each of the last five years, on the total number of inquests recorded, the average length of inquests, the total number of inquests open for more than two years, and the total number of inquests suspended and not resumed. The requested information for inquests adjourned for longer than two years in England, London and Barnet only is not collated as part of the annual statistics. <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1155711/coroners-statistics-2022-csvs.zip" target="_blank">Table CSV</a> included in the annual publication provides further information for adjourned inquests by coroner area.</p><p>The published statistics also record the average length of an inquest in individual coroner areas and Barnet is part of the North London Coroner area with Brent, Harrow, Haringey and Enfield. Table 13 collates this information by region.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not have a target for the length of time an inquest should take. Coroners are independent judicial office holders and the way they manage their caseload is a matter for them. Following the Covid-19 pandemic the Chief Coroner issued <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/chief-coroners-guidance-no-39-recovery-from-the-covid-19-pandemic/" target="_blank">guidance</a> to coroners on how their services can best recover and tackle backlogs that accumulated in some areas.</p><p> </p><p>Regulation 26 of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013 require coroners to notify the Chief Coroner of any investigation which has not been completed or discontinued within a year of the death being reported to them, and provide reasons for this. They must also notify the Chief Coroner when such investigations are completed or discontinued.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of inquests recorded </strong></p></td><td><p>36,273</p></td><td><p>32,762</p></td><td><p>31,991</p></td><td><p>29,969</p></td><td><p>29,094</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average length of inquest </strong></p></td><td><p>30 weeks</p></td><td><p>31 weeks</p></td><td><p>27 weeks</p></td><td><p>27 weeks</p></td><td><p>26 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Inquests open for more than 2 years at year end </strong></p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>1,366</p></td><td><p>1,104</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Inquests suspended due to criminal proceedings and not resumed </strong></p></td><td><p>748</p></td><td><p>729</p></td><td><p>599</p></td><td><p>849</p></td><td><p>834</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
star this property answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green more like this
star this property answering member printed Mike Freer more like this
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194381 more like this
194382 more like this
194383 more like this
194384 more like this
194385 more like this
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less than 2023-07-25T09:48:26.987Zmore like thismore than 2023-07-25T09:48:26.987Z
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4004
star this property label Biography information for Mike Freer more like this
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4006
star this property label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord more like this
1650150
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star this property date less than 2023-07-04more like thismore than 2023-07-04
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Coroners remove filter
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask His Majesty's Government how many reports to prevent other deaths were issued by coroners in England and Wales in each of the five most recent years for which figures are available. more like this
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Lord Watson of Wyre Forest more like this
star this property uin HL9054 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2023-07-17more like thismore than 2023-07-17
star this property answer text <p>Since 2022, the annual number of Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) reports issued by coroners in England and Wales has been collated in the Annual Coroner Statistics which are published each May and cover the preceding calendar year. 440 reports were issued in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coroners-statistics-2021/coroners-statistics-2021-england-and-wales#prevention-of-future-death-reports" target="_blank">2021</a>, and 403 were issued in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coroners-statistics-2022/coroners-statistics-2022-england-and-wales#prevention-of-future-death-reports" target="_blank">2022</a>.</p><p>The number of PFD reports issued in each year prior to 2021 is not held centrally. However, coroners have a statutory duty to copy all PFD reports to the Chief Coroner, who publishes them on the <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/?s=&amp;pfd_report_type=&amp;post_type=pfd&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Judiciary website</a> unless, exceptionally, he decides not to do so in order to protect an individual’s privacy and/or to protect the public from harm. The number of PFD reports published by the Chief Coroner was 384 in 2018; 595 in 2019; and 301 in 2020.</p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Bellamy more like this
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less than 2023-07-17T13:30:45.133Zmore like thismore than 2023-07-17T13:30:45.133Z
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4941
star this property label Biography information for Lord Bellamy more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest more like this
1623900
unstar this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2023-04-25more like thismore than 2023-04-25
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Coroners remove filter
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is any requirement for a coroner functus officio to respond to emails of an interested person. more like this
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath more like this
star this property uin HL7435 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2023-05-10more like thismore than 2023-05-10
star this property answer text <p>Coroners are independent judicial officers and the way in which they conduct their investigations is entirely a matter for them. It would therefore be inappropriate for the Government to comment on, or intervene in, the coroner’s decisions in relation to an individual case.</p><p> </p><p>There is no specific statutory requirement for a coroner to respond to an email from an interested person. However, the Coroners (Inquest) Rules 2013 and the Coroner (Investigations) Regulations 2013 provide a framework for managing disclosure, including after inquest, to Interested Persons and others. In addition, the Chief Coroner has issued guidance to coroners on disclosure to interested persons (Chief Coroner’s Guidance No.25 on Coroners and the Media).</p><p> </p><p>If a family has concerns about a decision made by the coroner, they may want to seek to discuss this with the coroner. Judicial decisions by coroners are capable of being challenged by making an application to the High Court for judicial review. Complaints about the personal conduct of a coroner can be made to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office.</p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Bellamy more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL7436 more like this
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less than 2023-05-10T14:14:03.767Zmore like thismore than 2023-05-10T14:14:03.767Z
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4941
star this property label Biography information for Lord Bellamy more like this
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2024
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1623901
unstar this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2023-04-25more like thismore than 2023-04-25
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Coroners remove filter
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is any requirement for a coroner functus officio to provide on request the list of court evidence to an interested person. more like this
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath more like this
star this property uin HL7436 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2023-05-10more like thismore than 2023-05-10
star this property answer text <p>Coroners are independent judicial officers and the way in which they conduct their investigations is entirely a matter for them. It would therefore be inappropriate for the Government to comment on, or intervene in, the coroner’s decisions in relation to an individual case.</p><p> </p><p>There is no specific statutory requirement for a coroner to respond to an email from an interested person. However, the Coroners (Inquest) Rules 2013 and the Coroner (Investigations) Regulations 2013 provide a framework for managing disclosure, including after inquest, to Interested Persons and others. In addition, the Chief Coroner has issued guidance to coroners on disclosure to interested persons (Chief Coroner’s Guidance No.25 on Coroners and the Media).</p><p> </p><p>If a family has concerns about a decision made by the coroner, they may want to seek to discuss this with the coroner. Judicial decisions by coroners are capable of being challenged by making an application to the High Court for judicial review. Complaints about the personal conduct of a coroner can be made to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office.</p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Bellamy more like this
star this property grouped question UIN HL7435 more like this
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less than 2023-05-10T14:14:03.817Zmore like thismore than 2023-05-10T14:14:03.817Z
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4941
star this property label Biography information for Lord Bellamy more like this
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2024
star this property label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath more like this
1520872
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star this property date less than 2022-10-11more like thismore than 2022-10-11
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Coroners remove filter
star this property house id 2 more like this
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25277
star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement the recommendations they outlined in The Coroner Service: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report, published on 10 September 2021 (HC 675). more like this
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Baroness Hodgson of Abinger more like this
star this property uin HL2475 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2022-10-25more like thismore than 2022-10-25
star this property answer text <p>The Government continues to work with stakeholders to make inquests more sensitive to the needs of bereaved families, who remain at the heart of the coroner service.</p><p>We are therefore committed to implementing the six Justice Committee recommendations which we accepted in our response to its First Report on the Coroner Service. To this end, we have already included in the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 a suite of measures aimed at streamlining processes in the coroner’s courts and supporting the Chief Coroner’s post-pandemic recovery plans. A further provision makes it easier for coroner areas to merge, as recommended by the Justice Committee.</p><p>Following the recommendation that we should improve access to the Guide to Coroner Services for Bereaved People, we are assessing how best to ensure availability in light of user needs.</p><p>We are also considering ten further recommendations made to Government, as outlined in our response, and will take forward any appropriate action as soon as practicable.</p>
star this property answering member printed Lord Bellamy more like this
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less than 2022-10-25T14:46:15.517Zmore like thismore than 2022-10-25T14:46:15.517Z
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4941
star this property label Biography information for Lord Bellamy more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger more like this
1504071
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star this property date less than 2022-09-02more like thismore than 2022-09-02
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Coroners remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, why Prevention of Future Deaths Reports have not been published on the Chief Coroner's website since May 2022. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Worsley and Eccles South more like this
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Barbara Keeley more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2022-09-07more like thismore than 2022-09-07
star this property answer text <p>As set out on the Chief Coroner’s webpage, publication of PFD reports has been temporarily suspended to facilitate the transition to a new Judiciary website and will resume as soon as practicable following its launch, which is expected later this autumn. It is intended that all PFD reports issued since suspension of publication will be available from the date of the launch.</p><p> </p><p>Where a PFD report is made in relation to a specific inquest, it can be obtained from the coroner and is available to Interested Persons in the context of the inquest, including bereaved families. In addition, there is nothing to prevent organisations that are the subject of a PFD report from sharing and addressing the areas of concern which it sets out.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Clwyd South more like this
star this property answering member printed Simon Baynes more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 45665 more like this
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less than 2022-09-07T07:42:04.26Zmore like thismore than 2022-09-07T07:42:04.26Z
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4800
star this property label Biography information for Simon Baynes more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Barbara Keeley more like this
1504072
unstar this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2022-09-02more like thismore than 2022-09-02
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Ministry of Justice more like this
star this property answering dept id 54 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Coroners remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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25259
star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Chief Coroner on when Prevention of Future Deaths reports will resume regular online publication. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Worsley and Eccles South more like this
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Barbara Keeley more like this
star this property uin 45665 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2022-09-07more like thismore than 2022-09-07
star this property answer text <p>As set out on the Chief Coroner’s webpage, publication of PFD reports has been temporarily suspended to facilitate the transition to a new Judiciary website and will resume as soon as practicable following its launch, which is expected later this autumn. It is intended that all PFD reports issued since suspension of publication will be available from the date of the launch.</p><p> </p><p>Where a PFD report is made in relation to a specific inquest, it can be obtained from the coroner and is available to Interested Persons in the context of the inquest, including bereaved families. In addition, there is nothing to prevent organisations that are the subject of a PFD report from sharing and addressing the areas of concern which it sets out.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Clwyd South more like this
star this property answering member printed Simon Baynes more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 45631 more like this
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less than 2022-09-07T07:42:04.307Zmore like thismore than 2022-09-07T07:42:04.307Z
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4800
star this property label Biography information for Simon Baynes more like this
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1588
star this property label Biography information for Barbara Keeley more like this