Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 26
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The current arrangements for publishing coroners’ reports and responses to those reports require improvement.
Conclusion
The current arrangements for publishing coroners’ reports and responses to those reports require improvement. The information published is the bare minimum and is difficult to search and analyse. The Ministry of Justice should provide funding so information about the risks to public safety discovered by coroners and inquest juries is freely available online, along with the actions that have been proposed in response. The MoJ should ensure that this information is well-organised and easily searchable. (Paragraph 208) Covid-19
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
We acknowledge that there are some issues in searching for completed reports on the judiciary website and we understand that the Chief Coroner’s office has already put in hand work to determine how best to ensure that PFD reports and responses to them are appropriately catalogued and accessible. We will work with the Chief Coroner’s office to consider appropriate resources required to deliver this. We are therefore not in a position to accept the recommendation at this stage.