§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many autopsies have been carried out in(a) the UK, (b) Huddersfield and (c) Kirklees in each of the last 10 years. [166730]
Post-mortems conducted in the UK, 1993–2002 Year England and Wales, certified by doctor,
with post-mortem
England and wales coroner post-
mortems
Scotland: post mortems ordered by
Procurator Fiscal1
Northern Ireland coroner post-
mortems
Post mortems carried out on the order of the West Yorkshire
(West)coroner (includes
Huddresfield and Kirkless)
1993 n/a 129,148 n/a 1,428 1,829 1994 n/a 125,176 5,868 1,471 1,815 1995 n/a 126,398 5,905 1,524 1,963 1996 n/a 126,184 5,875 1,479 2,022 1997 3,061 123,015 5,680 1,525 1,995 1998 3,524 124,356 5,757 1,672 2,068 1999 3,496 124,780 5,946 1,517 1,858 2000 4,228 124,536 5,771 1,333 1,775 2001 2,546 121,112 5,685 1,408 1,864 2002 n/a 117,684 5,699 1,436 1,754 n/a-not available 1"Fiscal" post-mortems are reported by financial year. In this table the figure has been assigned to the year containing the April-December portion of the financial year. Sources: Second column-ONS; third column-Home Office; fourth and fifth columns-Crown office and C3urts office in Scotland and Northern Ireland respectively.