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Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of coroners working in (a) the UK and (b) North Yorkshire.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
24 Feb 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of coroners working in (a) the UK and (b) North Yorkshire.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

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  3. 24 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Coroner services are locally funded and administered across 77 coroner areas in England and Wales. Statutory responsibility for coroner appointments lies with the funding local authority in each area, and the assessment of resource is based on local casel...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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