Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to create a national oversight body to ensure recommendations from inquests and Prevention of Future Death reports made by coroners are collated, monitored and implemented; and if he will make a statement.

A person (or body) who receives a coroner’s report to prevent future deaths has a statutory duty to give a written response with details of any action that has been taken or proposed, along with a timescale for implementing this; or an explanation as to why no action is proposed.

For deaths in state custody, the Ministerial Board on Deaths in Custody brings together the relevant government departments, agencies and stakeholders to improve policies and processes for keeping those in custody safe.

There are currently no plans to create a wider national oversight body along the lines suggested for all prevention of future death notifications.