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registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests there have been where (a) Article 2 of the Human Rights Act 1998 has been engaged, (b) Article 2 of that Act was engaged in relation to gambling-related harm and (c) gambling-related harm was a relevant factor in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	96211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes annual data on coroners including, amongst other things, the number of inquests they have held and the types of conclusion they have recorded. These statistics, however, are not further sub-categorised and therefore we are not in a position to provide accurate information on the number of inquests where Article 2 of the Human Rights Act 1998 was engaged or on whether gambling-related harm was a relevant factor.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 05/10/2020 16:26:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1232972

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason a coroner's inquest is not held in circumstances where someone has been convicted in relation to the death of that individual.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	87593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>Schedule 1 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 provides that where a coroner’s investigation is suspended because there are relevant criminal proceedings, the investigation may only be resumed if the coroner thinks there is sufficient reason for doing so. This is a judicial decision for the coroner.</p><p> </p><p>In most circumstances a homicide trial will fulfil the function of the inquest in answering the four statutory questions (of who died and how, when and where they died) and any information needed to register the death.</p><p> </p><p>Where the investigation or inquest is resumed, its conclusion on the cause of death must be consistent with the outcome of the criminal trial.</p><p> </p><p>Further information can be found in our “Guide to Coroner Services for Bereaved People” which can be accessed at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859076/guide-to-coroner-services-bereaved-people-jan-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859076/guide-to-coroner-services-bereaved-people-jan-2020.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 14/09/2020 16:28:06 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1201020

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many deceased persons are currently being held by coroners in England awaiting registration of death.
tabling member printed	Lord Leigh of Hurley
uin	HL5383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice collects statistics on deaths reported to coroners on an annual basis but does not have details of deaths that are under investigation. The Office of National Statistics publishes the number of registered deaths but does not distinguish between deaths referred to coroners and other deaths so it is not possible to determine the average waiting time.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5384 question first answered 23/06/2020 09:55:07 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4295 label Biography information for Lord Leigh of Hurley

1201021

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is the current average waiting time between the arrival of a person whose death was unexplained with a coroner and issuing a death certificate.
tabling member printed	Lord Leigh of Hurley
uin	HL5384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice collects statistics on deaths reported to coroners on an annual basis but does not have details of deaths that are under investigation. The Office of National Statistics publishes the number of registered deaths but does not distinguish between deaths referred to coroners and other deaths so it is not possible to determine the average waiting time.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL5383 question first answered 23/06/2020 09:55:07 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4295 label Biography information for Lord Leigh of Hurley

1195500

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional resources her Department has allocated to coroners to help them to release bodies to next of kin in a timely manner to comply with religious orthodoxy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	46617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>Coroners services are funded by local authorities. Councils can support their local coronial services using the £1.6bn of funding announced by Government on 18 April, which was made available to support local authorities with costs of responding to Covid-19, including the costs of death management.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 22/05/2020 14:06:19 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1183113

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken to process a coroner's inquest was in weeks in (a) Gwent, (b) Wales and (c) England and Wales in each year from 2010-2019.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	25635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The requested information for 2010-2018 is set out in the attached table. It is taken from the Coroner Statistics Annual which is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</a></p><p>Information for 2019 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Clearly, unnecessary delay between death and inquest may cause additional anguish and distress to the relatives and friends of the deceased. For this reason, the Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013 require that an inquest must be completed within six months of the coroner being made aware of a death or as soon as is reasonably practicable after that date. The Chief Coroner has published advice for coroners to reinforce these requirements which indicates that, if there is to be a delay of over six months, a coroner should ensure that a Pre-Inquest Review hearing is held.</p><p> </p><p>Coroners are also under a statutory duty to report to the Chief Coroner any inquest which is not concluded within twelve months.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Coroner undertakes regular training with all coroners on a number of issues, including the timeliness of inquests and the investigation process.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 25636 question first answered 10/03/2020 17:27:57 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ25635.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1183114

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for coroners' inquests.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	25636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The requested information for 2010-2018 is set out in the attached table. It is taken from the Coroner Statistics Annual which is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</a></p><p>Information for 2019 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Clearly, unnecessary delay between death and inquest may cause additional anguish and distress to the relatives and friends of the deceased. For this reason, the Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013 require that an inquest must be completed within six months of the coroner being made aware of a death or as soon as is reasonably practicable after that date. The Chief Coroner has published advice for coroners to reinforce these requirements which indicates that, if there is to be a delay of over six months, a coroner should ensure that a Pre-Inquest Review hearing is held.</p><p> </p><p>Coroners are also under a statutory duty to report to the Chief Coroner any inquest which is not concluded within twelve months.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Coroner undertakes regular training with all coroners on a number of issues, including the timeliness of inquests and the investigation process.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 25635 question first answered 10/03/2020 17:27:57 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ25635.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1182178

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Chief Coroner has taken to ensure that coronial decision-making is consistent throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	24260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Chief Coroner provides judicial leadership to coroners on a range of statutory and non-statutory matters. In doing so, he publishes guidance and advice to promote consistency of practice and service across England and Wales which is available at <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/related-offices-and-bodies/office-chief-coroner/guidance-law-sheets/coroners-guidance/" target="_blank">https://www.judiciary.uk/related-offices-and-bodies/office-chief-coroner/guidance-law-sheets/coroners-guidance/</a>. This guidance, including the Bench Book for coroners, is in the process of being reviewed.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Coroner also provides training to all coroners and coroners' officers via the Judicial College, further promoting consistency and ensuring that coroners follow the most recent standards of practice. These are also supported by the Chief Coroner’s monitoring duties. In particular, he registers cases lasting more than 12 months, as required by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, allowing him to keep any delays under review.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Chief Coroner has a statutory duty to provide an annual report to the Lord Chancellor which, among other matters, must include an assessment for the year of the consistency of standards between coroner areas.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 11/03/2020 13:40:01 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1177362

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to create a national oversight body to ensure recommendations from inquests and Prevention of Future Death reports made by coroners are collated, monitored and implemented; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>A person (or body) who receives a coroner’s report to prevent future deaths has a statutory duty to give a written response with details of any action that has been taken or proposed, along with a timescale for implementing this; or an explanation as to why no action is proposed.</p><p> </p><p>For deaths in state custody, the Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody brings together the relevant government departments, agencies and stakeholders to improve policies and processes for keeping those in custody safe.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to create a wider national oversight body along the lines suggested for all prevention of future death notifications.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/02/2020 15:42:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1177363

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prevention of Future Death reports his Department has received from coroners relating to deaths in prison in the last three years; and what assessment he has made of whether the recommendations from those reports were collated, reviewed and implemented; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	14657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>Since January 2017 85 Prevention of Future Death (PFD) reports have been addressed to my Department by Coroners following inquests held into deaths occurring in prison custody.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to learning from the findings of inquests into deaths in custody, and I am grateful to Coroners who make PFD reports after them. All such reports addressed to my Department are collected centrally in HMPPS, and careful consideration is given to the matters of concern raised in them.</p><p> </p><p>The Director General for Prisons responds personally to the Coroner in each case, explaining how the concerns raised have been, or will be, addressed, locally in the establishment, and at national level where there is wider learning to be shared or a policy issue has been raised. Any local actions are taken by the Governor and monitored by the Prison Group Director, and wider learning is disseminated nationally by the central prison safety team and incorporated into the relevant guidance and policy at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/02/2020 13:53:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas