Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Chief Coroner is planning to take to improve consistency and good practice in relation to neonatal deaths.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Chief Coroner is working towards improving consistency across coroner areas in England and Wales by providing written advice and guidance to coroners amongst other matters. He will consider in due course whether to issue guidance on good practice in relation to neonatal deaths to all coroners.
The number of coroner areas with stillborn inquest conclusions recorded from 2009 to 2014 is published in the department's annual coroner statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/427440/coroners-statistics-2014-csv.csv. Coroner areas with stillborn inquest conclusions recorded: 2009-2014 | ||||||
Coroner Area | Number of stillborn inquest conclusions | |||||
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
Avon | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
Birmingham and Solihull | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
Black Country | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
Brighton and Hove | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Central Hampshire | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Cheshire | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cornwall | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Coventry | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Darlington and South Durham1 | - | 1 | - | - | .. | .. |
East Riding and Hull | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Gwent | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Inner North London | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
Leicester City and South Leicestershire | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Liverpool | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - |
Manchester City | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Manchester North | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Milton Keynes | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
North and West Cumbria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
North Durham1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | .. | .. |
North East Kent | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
North London | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Plymouth and South West Devon2 | 1 | - | - | - | .. | .. |
Preston and West Lancashire | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
South and East Cumbria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
South London | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Southampton and New Forest | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Suffolk | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | - | 1 |
Wolverhampton4 | 1 | - | - | .. | .. | .. |
Source: | ||||||
Coroner's annual returns | ||||||
Notes: | ||||||
1. Amalgamated with "North Durham" in 2012, now known as "County Durham and Darlington" | ||||||
2. Amalgamated with "Torbay and South Devon" in 2013, now known as "Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon" | ||||||
3. Amalgamation of "Neath and Port Talbot" and "City and County of Swansea" in 2013 | ||||||
4. Amalgamated with "Black Country" in 2013, now known as "Black Country" | ||||||
.. = No Data Available | ||||||
- = Nil | ||||||
Data can be found on CSV files accompanying the Coroners Statistics publication https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/427440/coroners-statistics-2014-csv.csv
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Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which coronial jurisdictions have recorded stillbirth conclusions in each year since 2009.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Chief Coroner is working towards improving consistency across coroner areas in England and Wales by providing written advice and guidance to coroners amongst other matters. He will consider in due course whether to issue guidance on good practice in relation to neonatal deaths to all coroners.
The number of coroner areas with stillborn inquest conclusions recorded from 2009 to 2014 is published in the department's annual coroner statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/427440/coroners-statistics-2014-csv.csv. Coroner areas with stillborn inquest conclusions recorded: 2009-2014 | ||||||
Coroner Area | Number of stillborn inquest conclusions | |||||
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
Avon | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
Birmingham and Solihull | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
Black Country | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
Brighton and Hove | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Central Hampshire | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Cheshire | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cornwall | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Coventry | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Darlington and South Durham1 | - | 1 | - | - | .. | .. |
East Riding and Hull | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Gwent | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Inner North London | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
Leicester City and South Leicestershire | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Liverpool | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - |
Manchester City | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Manchester North | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Milton Keynes | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
North and West Cumbria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
North Durham1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | .. | .. |
North East Kent | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
North London | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Plymouth and South West Devon2 | 1 | - | - | - | .. | .. |
Preston and West Lancashire | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
South and East Cumbria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
South London | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Southampton and New Forest | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Suffolk | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | - | 1 |
Wolverhampton4 | 1 | - | - | .. | .. | .. |
Source: | ||||||
Coroner's annual returns | ||||||
Notes: | ||||||
1. Amalgamated with "North Durham" in 2012, now known as "County Durham and Darlington" | ||||||
2. Amalgamated with "Torbay and South Devon" in 2013, now known as "Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon" | ||||||
3. Amalgamation of "Neath and Port Talbot" and "City and County of Swansea" in 2013 | ||||||
4. Amalgamated with "Black Country" in 2013, now known as "Black Country" | ||||||
.. = No Data Available | ||||||
- = Nil | ||||||
Data can be found on CSV files accompanying the Coroners Statistics publication https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/427440/coroners-statistics-2014-csv.csv
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Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) stillbirths and (b) perinatal deaths were referred to HM Coroner services in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the types of cases referred to coroners. However, it does collect data on the conclusions recorded at inquests.
Coroners cannot by law investigate cases in which a child has not lived independently of its mother. They can open an investigation if there is any doubt over whether the child has lived independently, once they have received a report of a death. They can also investigate perinatal deaths which occur in the six days following birth. The Chief Coroner, HHJ Peter Thornton QC, is considering actions to improve consistency and good practice in relation to neonatal deaths.
The table below sets out the number of inquest conclusions which were recorded as stillbirths. This information is also published at www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics.
Year | Stillbirth conclusions recorded |
2008 | 7 |
2009 | 13 |
2010 | 8 |
2011 | 14 |
2012 | 11 |
2013 | 12 |
2014 | 6 |
Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to retrieve the outstanding balance of any unpaid fines incurred by foreign lorry drivers on UK roads.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to encourage payment of impositions and to trace those who do not pay. This is why there has been a year on year increase in the amount of financial penalties collected over the last three years.
When it appears to H M Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) that an offender is normally resident in another EU country HMCTS can transfer road traffic offence fines, imposed by courts in this country, to other EU jurisdictions for enforcement under the EU Framework Decision on Mutual Recognition of Financial Penalties (MRFP). The Framework Decision obliges Member States to take over enforcement of eligible fines imposed by other Member States’ courts, where the offender is resident or has assets in the enforcing state.
Where the offender is resident in a non EU country or in one not included in the MRFP Framework there is no mechanism for HMCTS to be able to recover the amounts outstanding.