Andrew Stephenson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2016-07-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on preparing a response to the consultation on the post-implementation review of the coroner reforms in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009; and if he will make a statement.

Dr Phillip Lee

The post-implementation review of the coroner reforms consultation closed on 31 December 2015. A response to the consultation will be published in due course.

We received 214 responses to the review from current coronial officer holders. No respondents indicated that they were former coroners.