Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 30861

Coroners

Tabled: 11 February 2025

Answered: 24 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Alison Hume

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of coroners working in (a) the UK and (b) North Yorkshire.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

Coroner services are locally funded and administered across 77 coroner areas in England and Wales. Statutory responsibility for coroner appointments lies with the funding local authority in each area, and the assessment of resource is based on local casel...

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