Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 52473
Coroners: Suicide
Tabled: 14 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025
Question
Tom Rutland
Labour — East Worthing and Shoreham
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what legislative plans her Department has for requiring coroners to determine secondary causes of death following suicide.
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesThe Government has no plans to change the information which coroners are required to determine, with regard to cause of death in cases of suicide.The information recorded by the coroner in the Record of Inquest is dependent on the circumstances of the ind...
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