Question follow-through · 17307
Coroners: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will take steps to (a) improve communication practices, (b) ensue greater sensitivity in interactions, (c) better manage families’ expectations to prevent (i) delays and (ii) unnecessary distres
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will take steps to (a) improve communication practices, (b) ensue greater sensitivity in interactions, (c) better manage families’ expectations to prevent (i) delays and (ii) unnecessary distres
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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9 Dec 2024
Answer published
It is important that the inquest process is as swift, efficient and sensitive as possible and that bereaved families are put at the heart of the process in order to avoid additional distress at such a difficult time in their lives.Whilst the Ministry of J...
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