Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 73229
Death Certificates: Suicide
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Mr Will Forster
Liberal Democrat — Woking
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will consider reviewing the potential merits of listing a specific addiction as the cause of death by suicide on death certificates.
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 indi...
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