HC Deb 31 October 2002 vol 391 c959W
Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland where post-mortem forms(a) signed and (b) unsigned by relatives are stored; and for how many years they are kept in storage. [76631]

Mr. Browne

Normal practice is to keep post mortem consent forms with the patient's medical record. In the case of adults these are kept for eight years. Children's charts are kept for 25 years