To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which coroner jurisdictions have the longest inquest wait times; and what steps she is taking to bring them in line with national averages.
The requested information is available in, or can be extrapolated from, the Coroner Statistics 2023 which are published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/coroners-statistics-2023. Statistics for 2024 will be published on 08 May 2025.The Governm...
Coroners: Standards