Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 27585
Burial: Minority Groups
Tabled: 30 January 2025
Answered: 5 February 2025
Question
Shivani Raja
Conservative — Leicester East
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that the bodies of deceased people from minority religious communities whose faith practices require burial within a specific timeframe are released promptly to their families.
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesSince 9 September 2024, all deaths in any health setting that are not investigated by a coroner will be reviewed by NHS medical examiners. NHS England has published the National Medical Examiner’s guidance which stipulates that arrangements at each medica...
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