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Coroners: Armed Forces

Volume 463: debated on Monday 23 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many coroner’s inquests arising from (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan have been completed; and how many were completed by coroners other than the Oxfordshire and Wiltshire coroner. (151638)

109 inquests arising from Iraq since 2003 have been completed. Four of these have been held by coroners other than the Oxfordshire or Wiltshire and Swindon coroners.

Eight inquests arising from Afghanistan since 2001 have been completed. Four of these have been completed by coroners other than the Oxfordshire and Wiltshire and Swindon coroners.