Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede on 1 April (HL6113), how many of the 158 inquests completed on the Isle of Wight in 2023 (1) were heard by jury, (2) were court inquests, and (3) were held as an 'inquest in writing' under section 9C of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

The following information for the Isle of Wight coroner area is either included in, or can be extrapolated from, the Coroner Statistics 2023 which are available at: Coroners statistics 2023 - GOV.UK.

In 2023:

• No inquests were heard with a jury.

• 81 inquests involved a public court hearing.

• 77 inquests were conducted in writing under the provisions of section 9C of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

The Coroner Statistics for 2024 will be published on 08 May 2025.