Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of average waiting times for Medical Examiner scrutiny of deaths since the statutory extension of the service to all deaths in England and Wales; and what steps she is taking to ensure Medical Examiner offices are adequately (a) staffed and (b) funded to meet demand.

I refer the Hon Member to the answers provided to the Hon Member for Leeds South West and Morley on 8 July 2026 in response to Questions 15549, 15557, and 15558.