Coroners

(asked on 10th December 2025) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Solicitor General, how many applications for permission to seek a new inquest under section 13 of the Coroners Act 1988 have been granted in each of the past five years.


Answered by
Ellie Reeves Portrait
Ellie Reeves
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 18th December 2025

Our records indicate that the following number of fiats were granted in each of the last five years:
2021 – 4
2022 – 4
2023 – 11
2024 – 6
2025 – 14 to date.

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