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Written Question
Coroners
Thursday 18th December 2025

Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)

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 - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)

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.