Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 87443

Death Certificates

Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 10 November 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was for (a) Teesside Coroner's Officer and (b) Coroner's Offices in England and Wales to issue a final death certificate from the date of when deaths are referred to them in each of th

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones
At the conclusion of an inquest or if it is suspended pending the conclusion of proceedings associated with the death the coroner certifies the cause of death for the purposes of registration. The registration of the death itself is carried out by the Reg...

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