§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 26 April 1999,Official Report, column 75, concerning coroners, how many currently employed coroners do not have one of the specified qualifications. [84715]
§ Mr. George HowarthUnder the Coroners Act 1988, no person is eligible to be appointed as a coroner unless one of the prescribed qualifications is held. Records of qualifications held by coroners are a matter for the local authority which appointed them.