Coroners

(asked on 20th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he has made any assessment of whether autism diagnoses should be recorded in coroners' reports.


Answered by
Phillip Lee Portrait
Phillip Lee
This question was answered on 5th September 2017

The purpose of a coroner’s investigation is to determine who the deceased was and how, when and where they came by their death. The coroner may refer to the deceased’s autism in their inquest conclusion if they consider that it is relevant to the death.

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