HC Deb 22 March 1995 vol 257 c201W
Mr. Miller

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many inquests into road deaths have been held in the presence of a jury, in each year from 1978 to 1994; [14856]

(2) what statistical records his office holds for the length of time elapsing between death on the road and an inquest taking place for each year from 1984 to 1994; [14858]

(3) how many inquests into road deaths have been held after summary charges, in each year, by county, from 1978 to 1994; [14857]

(4) how many inquests have been reconvened after a guilty plea in respect of road deaths in the Crown court for each year from 1984 to 1994. [14859]

Mr. Nicholas Baker

The available information collected on deaths reported to coroners is published in an annual Home Office Statistical Bulletin. The latest bulletin, Statistics of Death reported by Coroners: England and Wales, 1993, issue 7/94, was published on 21 April 1994 and is available in the Library. Specific information on road deaths is not collected separately.

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