HC Deb 02 February 2004 vol 417 cc693-4W
Dr. Murrison

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) hospital and (b) coroners' post-mortems were carried out in each of the last 10 years. [150359]

Mr. Hutton

Information on hospital post mortems is not collected centrally. The annual total of coroners' post mortems carried out in the period 1993–2002, the latest year for which information is available, is shown in the table.

000s
Coroners post mortems
1993 129.1
1994 125.2
1995 126.4
1996 126.2
1997 123.0
1998 124.4
1999 124.8

000s
Coroners post mortems
2000 124.5
2001 121.1
12002 117.7