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Commons · Question 44031 · Tabled 3 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

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.

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 8 Apr 2025

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...