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<p>Coroners are independent judicial office holders and, as such, it would be inappropriate
to speculate on issues directly relating to the conclusions they record. The Ministry
of Justice collects annual data, from each coroner area, on the number of inquest
conclusions recorded. The most recent data are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/706047/coroners-statistics-2017-csvs.zip"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/706047/coroners-statistics-2017-csvs.zip</a>.</p><p>Since
the High Court judgment in <em>R</em> (<em>Maughan)</em> <em>v Her Majesty’s Senior
Coroner for Oxfordshire</em> of July last year, coroners have applied the civil standard
of proof in suicide conclusions, but this will shortly be considered by the Court
of Appeal. I have not had any recent discussions on the standard of proof issue as
it would be inappropriate for me to do so while the matter is before the courts.</p><p>
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