Question follow-through · 110252

Suicide: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration his Department has given to the potential merits of allowing inquests into the death of a child by suicide to be conducted in private.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 2 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 4 Feb 2026
Answer: 9 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration his Department has given to the potential merits of allowing inquests into the death of a child by suicide to be conducted in private.
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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9 Feb 2026
Answer published
As I confirmed in my response the Honourable Member’s question on this issue on 23 July 2025 (Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament), the Government is committed to putting the bereaved at the heart of t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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