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Written question asked by Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru) on Friday, 31 January 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 February 2025. It was answered by Alex Davies-Jones (Labour) on Thursday, 6 February 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Coroners: Pembrokeshire

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was for an inquest to be concluded in Pembrokeshire in each of the last five years.

Answer

The requested information is set out in the table below or can be extrapolated from the data published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coroners-statistics-2023.

Year

Number of inquests opened

Number of inquests concluded within 6 months

Average length of inquest process (in weeks)

Ceredigion

Carmarthenshire & Pembrokeshire*

Ceredigion

Carmarthenshire & Pembrokeshire*

Ceredigion

Carmarthenshire & Pembrokeshire*

2023

12

170

4

102

14

34

2022

22

210

6

106

35

30

2021

15

143

8

18

38

22

2020

32

126

7

27

36

32

2019

32

145

21

106

23

28

2018

41

147

18

127

2017

28

161

21

148

2016

33

221

36

221

2015

37

226

37

204

2014

19

109

9

70

* The Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire coroner area includes both the Carmarthenshire County Council and Pembrokeshire County Council areas, and it is not possible to provide information for Pembrokeshire only.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
27879
Session
2024-26
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Coroners Standards Pembrokeshire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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