Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many and what proportion of verdicts returned by coroner’s inquests (a) in England and Wales and (b) in each coroner’s region were (i) death by accident or misadventure, (ii) death from natural causes, (iii) suicide, (iv) open verdicts, (v) death from industrial diseases, (vi) death from dependent abuse of drugs, (vii) death from non-dependent abuse of drugs, (viii) homicide and (ix) all other in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement; (148597)

(2) how many and what proportion of coroner’s inquests (a) in England and Wales and (b) in each coroner’s region were adjourned and not resumed in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement;

(3) how many and what proportion of coroner’s inquests (a) in England and Wales and (b) in each coroner’s region had a verdict returned in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

Due to the comprehensive data, the information requested has been placed in the Libraries of the House.

Volume 462: debated on Thursday 12 July 2007