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<p>Whilst the Ministry of Justice is responsible for coroner law and policy, it does
not have operational responsibility for coroner services which are a local service,
funded and administered by individual local authorities. Local authorities’ independence
from central Government means that they are responsible for managing their budgets
in line with local priorities. This is appropriate as central Government cannot predict
exactly what the cost of a local service will be.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing"
target="_blank">Local authority revenue and financing information</a> for England
is published annually on gov.uk. The following table sets out data on expenditure
on coroners’ court services for each of the last five financial years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Total expenditure (employers’ costs and running costs) (£000)</p></td><td><p>Expenditure
net of fees and other service income (£000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-2022</p></td><td><p>173,000</p></td><td><p>123,685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-2021</p></td><td><p>166,376</p></td><td><p>123,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-2020</p></td><td><p>149,450</p></td><td><p>108,983</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>131,804</p></td><td><p>95,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>124,796</p></td><td><p>92,360</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The
Ministry of Justice is unable to estimate spending on coroner services from the Pandemic
Recovery Fund.</p>
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