Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 27586
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 her Department is taking to ensure bodies of deceased individuals are released promptly to families from minority religious communities.
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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