§ Mr. GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 11 July 2000,Official Report, column 513W, how much money his Department is spending on research into the way information is provided by coroners to the bereaved; and what the terms of reference are. [130811]
§ Mr. BoatengThe total sum allocated for this project is just under £70,000. The terms of reference are as follows:
64WComprehensive termination arrangements are provided for in the contract. They allow, inter alia, for the transfer of service provision to a replacement contractor and have been devised to minimise the business risk to the Prison Service.
to identify the range of experiences that families have regarding receipt of information from the coroner service; including: what families learn about the death, how much information they receive, and how long it takes for this information to be given;to identify where complications arise, including research into how long it takes to release a body to the family for subsequent burial, cremation or other disposal; andto identify models of practice which families perceive as good.