Question follow-through · 87443
Death Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was for (a) Teesside Coroner's Officer and (b) Coroner's Offices in England and Wales to issue a final death certificate from the date of when deaths are referred to them in each of th
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 3 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 10 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was for (a) Teesside Coroner's Officer and (b) Coroner's Offices in England and Wales to issue a final death certificate from the date of when deaths are referred to them in each of th
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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10 Nov 2025
Answer published
At the conclusion of an inquest or if it is suspended pending the conclusion of proceedings associated with the death the coroner certifies the cause of death for the purposes of registration. The registration of the death itself is carried out by the Reg...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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