§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average time between a death occurring and an inquest being completed in(a) south Northumberland and (b) nationally; [29256]
(2) on how many occasions over the past five years the coroner for south Northumberland has failed to issue a death certificate within 12 months of death occurring. [29255]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerInformation collected on deaths reported to coroners is published in an annual Home Office Statistical Bulletin. The latest bulletin "Statistics of Deaths reported to Coroners: England and Wales, 1994", issue 6/95, was published on 20 April 1995 and is12W available in the Library. This covers information on deaths reported, post-mortems, inquests held and verdicts returned at inquests.