Question follow-through · 42949
Coroners: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which coroner jurisdictions have the longest inquest wait times; and what steps she is taking to bring them in line with national averages.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which coroner jurisdictions have the longest inquest wait times; and what steps she is taking to bring them in line with national averages.
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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8 Apr 2025
Answer published
The requested information is available in, or can be extrapolated from, the Coroner Statistics 2023 which are published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coroners-statistics-2023. Statistics for 2024 will be published on 08 May 2025.The Governm...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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