Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many qualified pathologists work for the coroner service.

The standard NHS histopathology contract does not include coronial post-mortem work, which is separately commissioned by individual coroner areas. Consequently, it is not possible to identify the number of pathologists undertaking coronial work from the number currently holding NHS contracts, and this information is not centrally collated from other sources.