Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 67711

Coroners: Isle of Wight

Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 17 July 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on (a) levels of pathologists engaged by the Isle of Wight coroner and (b) how those appointments were made.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones
Coroner services are funded and administered by one of 74 lead local authorities. Coronial post-mortem examinations are carried out on a fee paid basis at the request of the coroner by specialist practitioners from within the cadre of pathologists in Engl...

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