Question follow-through · 44031
Coroners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken for coroner inquests on the issuing of Prevention of Future Death reports.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 3 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken for coroner inquests on the issuing of Prevention of Future Death reports.
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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8 Apr 2025
Answer published
Regulation 28(3) of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013 provides that a Prevention of Future Death report may not be made until a coroner has considered all the documents, evidence and information that, in the opinion of the coroner, are releva...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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