Written questions

Coroners: Isle of Wight

Commons · Question 67711 · 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 information her Department holds on (a) levels of pathologists engaged by the Isle of Wight coroner and (b) how those appointments were made.

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...