Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 22 February 2024Answered: 29 February 2024
Asked by
Grahame Morris
Labour — Easington
Answering Minister
the Minister for the Cabinet Office
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Davies-Jones)
I recently met the chief coroner. We did not discuss the specifics of this issue, but coroners have a statutory duty to investigate deaths that are not reported to them if they suspect that the cause is unknown, violent or unnatural, or that the death occurred in custody or other state detention.