Coroners: Isle of Wight
Commons · Question 67710 · Tabled 14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase the number of pathologists able to undertake coronial post-mortem examinations on the Isle of Wight.
Answer
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 17 Jul 2025
Coroner services are funded and administered by one of 74 lead local authorities. Coronial post-mortem examinations are carried out on a fee paid basis at the request of the coroner by specialist practitioners from within the cadre of pathologists in Engl...