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Written Answers — Justice: Coroner Service (4 Nov 2009)

Bridget Prentice: ...created in the Wiltshire and Swindon coroner's district by the repatriation to RAF Lyneham since 1 April 2007 of service personnel who have, sadly, lost their lives in the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. In recognition of this, central funding is being provided by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Defence. In 2007-08 £126,000 was provided centrally, and in...

Written Ministerial Statements — Justice: Service Personnel Deaths (Overseas) (27 Oct 2009)

Bridget Prentice: ...personnel and others who have died overseas. We cannot express highly enough the regard in which we continue to hold our service personnel who are serving, or who have served, in the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our deepest sympathies lie with the families of those personnel who have lost their lives in these operations. It is a cause of particular sadness that since our last...

Written Answers — Justice: Coroners: Armed Forces (27 Oct 2009)

Bridget Prentice: ...,496.83. Case management is delegated to the LSC, so the final amounts agreed by the LSC may differ from the amount granted. The MOJ has provided legal aid in every inquest into the deaths of service personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan where the LSC has recommended it.

Written Ministerial Statements — Justice: Inquests (Service Personnel) (15 Jul 2009)

Bridget Prentice: ...have died since our last statement. All the families whose loved ones have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, or who have otherwise lost their lives in connection with the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, remain very much in our thoughts. Today, we are announcing the progress that has been made since the written ministerial statement on 5 May 2009, Official Report, column...

Written Ministerial Statements — Justice: Service Personnel (Inquests) (5 May 2009)

Bridget Prentice: ...inquests At the time of the last statement, we reported that 220 inquests had been held since June 2006: 206 into the overseas deaths of service personnel and 14 into the deaths of civilians in Iraq whose bodies were repatriated via RAF Brize Norton or RAF Lyneham. Since 27 January a further 10 inquests have been held into the deaths of service personnel who died in operations in Iraq or...

Bill Presented: New Clause 33 — Death of service personnel abroad: investigation in Scotland (23 Mar 2009) has video

Bridget Prentice: ...to investigate any death abroad. Current arrangements enable investigations to be held in England and Wales into deaths of all service personnel killed on operations, because fatalities from Iraq and Afghanistan are repatriated via either RAF Brize Norton or RAF Lyneham. Therefore, the inquests have been carried out by the local coroners in either Oxfordshire or Wiltshire. Families based...

Public Bill Committee: : Clause 7 (10 Feb 2009)

Bridget Prentice: ...on active service. We have rightly heard tributes to the coroners in Wiltshire and Oxfordshire for the way in which they have dealt with the bulk of the inquests into deaths on active service in Iraq or Afghanistan. I am unclear as to whether amendment 97 proposes jury inquests for all deaths involving armed forces personnel, including training accidents or even deaths off duty. I would...

Public Bill Committee: : Clause 2 (10 Feb 2009)

Bridget Prentice: ...of the hon. Member for North-West Norfolk about Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, which have done an outstanding job in clearing the backlog of inquests on our servicemen and women who have died in Iraq, Afghanistan or on other active service overseas. Along with the Ministry of Defence, I report regularly to the House on how those inquests are progressing.

Written Ministerial Statements — Justice: Service Personnel (Inquests) (2 Feb 2009)

Bridget Prentice: ...At the time of the last statement, our Departments reported that 209 inquests had been held since June 2006: 195 into the overseas deaths of service personnel and 14 into the deaths of civilians in Iraq whose bodies were repatriated via RAF Brize Norton or RAF Lyneham. Since October, a further 11 inquests have been held into the deaths of service personnel who died in operations in Iraq or...

Written Ministerial Statements — Justice: Service Personnel (Inquests) (30 Oct 2008)

Bridget Prentice: ...funding had been provided by the Government to assist the Oxfordshire coroner, 180 inquests had been held: 166 into the overseas deaths of service personnel and 14 into the deaths of civilians in Iraq whose bodies were repatriated via RAF Brize Norton. Since July, a further 29 inquests have been held into the deaths of service personnel who died in operations overseas whose bodies were...

Written Ministerial Statements — Justice: Inquests (Service Personnel) (16 Jul 2008)

Bridget Prentice: ...funding had been provided by the Government to assist the Oxfordshire coroner, 155 inquests had been held: 141 into the overseas deaths of service personnel and 14 into the deaths of civilians in Iraq whose bodies were repatriated via RAF Brize Norton. Since April, a further 25 inquests have been held into the deaths of service personnel who died in operations overseas whose bodies were...

Written Answers — Justice: Departmental Public Participation (3 Jun 2008)

Bridget Prentice: ...in the draft Coroners Bill Draft Coroners Bill: Service families' experiences of the inquest process Opinion Leader Research 4,700 Event to gather information about the experiences of Iraq service families who had gone through the inquest process Democratic Engagement: Youth Event—Solent Theatre Solent People's Theatre 5,700 Facilitated event for...

Orders of the Day: Fixed Term Parliaments Bill (16 May 2008) has video

Bridget Prentice: ...at the Speaker's behest, where an outside event might make it appropriate for hon. Members to gather together to discuss the matter, as we did, for example, in the cases of the Omagh bombing and Iraq. If the hon. Gentleman wants to introduce fixed-term Parliaments in order to redress the balance of power between Parliament and the Executive, he should welcome the fact that we hope to...

Written Ministerial Statements — Justice: Inquests into the Deaths of Service Personnel in Operations and Exercises Overseas (30 Apr 2008)

Bridget Prentice: ...funding had been provided by the Government to assist the Oxfordshire coroner, 123 inquests had been held: 109 into the overseas deaths of service personnel and 14 into the deaths of civilians in Iraq whose bodies were repatriated via RAF Brize Norton (although the January statement incorrectly implied that all the deaths were military). Since January, a further 32 inquests have been held...

Written Answers — Justice: Armed Forces: Inquests (11 Mar 2008)

Bridget Prentice: ...Norton in Oxfordshire and, since 1 April 2007, via RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire. The total costs authorised in relation to legally aided representation for families at inquests into military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan are around £100,000 since 19 March 2003. To date, £385,112 has been spent by central Government in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. Between 2003 and 2007, the costs...

Written Answers — Justice: Coroners (31 Jan 2008)

Bridget Prentice: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the following table and tables attached to a written ministerial statement made today on progress with the inquests into the deaths of service personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. Name of deceased Date of inquest heard Captain James Linton 24 February2004 Private Kevin McHale 17 August 2005 Corporal Richard Ivell 17 August 2005 Private...

Written Answers — Justice: Coroners (31 Jan 2008)

Bridget Prentice: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the following table and the tables attached to a written ministerial statement made today on progress with the inquests into the deaths of service personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. Inquests were not held into the deaths of Trooper Clarke, whose body was not found, or Lieutenant Tweedie, who died of his injuries in Scotland. Inquests were, however, held into the...

Written Ministerial Statements — Justice: Inquests (Operations and Exercises Overseas) (31 Jan 2008)

Bridget Prentice: ...to coroners closer to the next of kin wherever possible; this practice has been continued by the Wiltshire and Swindon coroner since 1 April 2007. Some inquests of deaths of service personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan before December 2006 have also been transferred to other coroners. Progress with inquests At the time of the October 2007 written ministerial statement, we reported that since...

Written Answers — Justice: Coroners: Armed Forces (20 Nov 2007)

Bridget Prentice: The information requested is not held centrally. We do, however, hold the information in relation to the inquests of service personnel who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. The following table shows the number of open inquests, and the percentage this represents of total deaths of service personnel in the conflicts, at the end of each month. Each fatality must be investigated thoroughly, and that...

Written Answers — Justice: Opinion Leader Research (20 Nov 2007)

Bridget Prentice: ...families 4,700 29 November 2006 By 4 December 2006 4 December 2006 February 2007 To act as facilitators to a meeting with families of bereaved servicemen and women who had lost their lives in Iraq, and been involved in the inquest process The impact of changing court fees on users 56,964 23 August 2006 19 September 2006 September - December 2006 (April 2007) ...