Justice written question – answered at on 17 June 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice
(1) whether he has any plans to revise arrangements for the allocation of coroners inquests in relation to the death of members of the armed forces;
(2) what plans he has to monitor the standard of investigations into deaths of members of the armed services following his decision not to establish the post of Chief Coroner.
The statement made by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, my right hon. and learned Friend Mr Clarke on
This included powers under sections 12 and 13 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 which allow for the transfer of cases involving the deaths of service personnel abroad from England and Wales to Scotland where appropriate (or from Scotland to England and Wales). This function will be transferred to the Lord Chief Justice.
Monitoring arrangements for service personnel deaths will remain as at present. This involves the publication of quarterly written ministerial statements with details of the inquests of service personnel who have died in operations and exercises overseas, the latest of which can be found on the Parliament website at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110512/wmstext/110512m0001.htm
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