Written question asked by Kerry McCarthy (Labour) on Friday, 26 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 2 February 2024 (named day). It was answered by Mike Freer (Conservative) on Friday, 2 February 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Coroners

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page one of the Government response to the First Report of the Justice Select Committee of Session 2021-22 on The Coroner Service, HC 675, published on 10 September 2021; what his Department's planned timetable is to respond to the Committee's 11 outstanding recommendations.

Answer: We have successfully delivered or are taking forward some of the recommendations which we committed to consider further in our 2021 response to the Justice Committee’s Inquiry into the Coroner Service. However, other priorities, including our key involvement in delivering cross-cutting Government reforms in the death management sector, have meant that we have not been able to progress some of these issues as far as we would have liked. We remain committed to doing so as soon as practicable.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 11592
Session: 2023-24
Related items: The Coroner Service: Government response to the Committee's first report. Justice Committee third special report.
Tuesday, 7 September 2021
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Subjects: Coroners
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk