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Chief Coroner guidance on coroners' records

Hillsborough Panel · Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel · Issued 12 September 2012 · Addressed to: Ministry of Justice

Source — verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation

The Panel considers that the implementation of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 should bring about a more consistent approach to the archiving and availability of transferred records and encourages the newly appointed Chief Coroner of England and Wales to issue guidance in consultation with the Keeper of Public Records.

Hillsborough Panel, Hillsborough: The Report of the Hillsborough Independent Panel · 12 Sep 2012 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:

Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Implemented.

Sources

Government response (2012-12-01): Accepted Text: Implemented. The Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013 introduced formal requirements for coroners' record retention. Under regulation 27(1), all inquest recordings must be kept for at least 15 years. The Chief Coroner, appointed under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, has issued guidance on c Progress update (2012-12-01): Completed Implemented. The Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013 introduced formal requirements for coroners' record retention. Under regulation 27(1), all inquest recordings must be kept for at least 15 years. The Chief Coroner, appointed under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, has issued guidance on c
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Response — verbatim from government

●Ministry of Justice

Implemented. The Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013 introduced formal requirements for coroners' record retention. Under regulation 27(1), all inquest recordings must be kept for at least 15 years. The Chief Coroner, appointed under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, has issued guidance on coroners' records. The National Archives has also published appraisal and selection criteria for coroners' inquest files providing a good practice model for permanent preservation of significant cases including mass fatalities and deaths in custody. (Sources: Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013; Chief Coroner's Guidance No.4 Recordings; National Archives guidance on coroners' inquest files)

Ministry of Justice · 1 Dec 2012

Evidence trail — what's actually happened since

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