Oral Question·Ministry of Justice
“What discussions she has had with the Chief Coroner on reporting sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.”
Tabled: 4 December 2024Answered: 10 December 2024
Asked by
Olly Glover
Liberal Democrat — Didcot and Wantage
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
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.