Coroners

(asked on 15th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether officials in his Department are required to provide him with all evidence relating to a death inquest when its findings are under review and subject to a ministerial decision.


Answered by
Tom Pursglove Portrait
Tom Pursglove
This question was answered on 23rd November 2021

Coroners are independent judicial office holders so it would be inappropriate for Ministers or their officials to interfere in the judicial decisions they make in their investigations and inquests.

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