Question to the Ministry of Justice:
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.
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.