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date	07/06/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Coroners: Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases of suicide have been reported by (1) coroners, and (2) other sources, since the establishment of the coroner focal point in March 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
uin	HL8274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has recorded <ins class="ministerial">22 </ins><del class="ministerial">24</del> contacts related to possible suicides via its Coroner focal point since 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Coroners determine the cause of death, including whether it is by suicide. Coroners do not routinely inform the department when they return a conclusion of suicide in a case where the deceased person was claiming benefits. There is no requirement for them to do so, unless they have named it as an Interested Person at that inquest, or they decide to send it a Prevention of Future Deaths report.</p><p> </p><p>DWP becomes aware of the majority of deaths through the Tell Us Once (TUO) service. It is offered by all 391 councils across England, Scotland and Wales on behalf of DWP. This service lets citizens report a death to most government organisations in one go. Once verified, the Customer Information System (CIS), a cross-government system, is updated and DWP will take the appropriate action on a case.</p><p> </p><p>However, this service does not notify DWP of the cause or circumstances of a death, and DWP has no legitimate business reason to obtain or record this information.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/06/2023 15:10:51 question first ministerially corrected 24/08/2023 14:07:24 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie previous answer version 82847 answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning

1109351

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had and with whom on the standard of proof required for a conclusion of suicide in a coroner's court; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	240512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <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> </p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 239882 question first answered 08/04/2019 16:23:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1109207

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of suicides which have not been recorded as such due to the standard of proof required by a coroner's court in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	239882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <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> </p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 240512 question first answered 08/04/2019 16:23:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones