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Perinatal Mortality: Coroners

Asked by Mike MartinLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 January 2025UIN 24357

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the powers of Coroners to include the investigation of stillbirths.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Justice jointly consulted on proposals to provide coroners with new powers to investigate term stillbirths in 2019. In 2023, a factual summary of responses to the consultation was published. The Government will provide an update on next steps at the earliest opportunity.

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