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Coroners |
| Question ID: |
1788573 |
| UIN: |
HL6111 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4301 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
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Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average time from death to inquest in (1) England and Wales and (2) the Isle of Wight. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3154 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
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| Answer text: |
In 2023 (the most recent year for which data is available), the average time to complete an inquest across all coroner areas in England and Wales was estimated to be 31.5 weeks. In the Isle of Wight coroner area, it was 66.8 weeks.At 31 December 2023, the... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |