{"value":{"id":421520,"memberId":4008,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Minister for Women, Equalities and Family Justice","uin":"HCWS243","dateMade":"2015-10-15T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","title":"Post-implementation review of coroner reforms in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009","text":"<p>The Government is committed to making sure bereaved people are at the very heart of the coroner system.</p><p> </p><p>I am therefore pleased to announce the launch of a post-implementation review of the coroner reforms in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (‘the 2009 Act’), which will include a call for evidence into people’s experiences of coroner services.</p><p>Before the last Government implemented the 2009 Act’s coroner reforms, in July 2013, it undertook to review their impact after they had been in place for 18 months.</p><p> </p><p>Since assuming responsibility for coroner policy and legislation following the general election I have considered the appropriateness of this Government carrying out such a review.</p><p> </p><p>The reforms have now been in place for just over two years and I believe that this is a good period of time against which to assess the impact of the reforms and seek views on people’s experiences of the system</p><p> </p><p>The Government is keen to hear the views of:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The providers of local coroner services – coroners, their officers and other staff, and the local authorities that fund coroner services;</li><li>Those who have used coroner services under the 2009 Act – bereaved people and the voluntary organisations, including faith groups, who support them;</li><li>Others who interact with coroner services – such as pathologists, other doctors and registrars; and</li><li>Others who have been affected by and have experiences of coroner services under the 2009 Act</li></ul><p> </p><p>We will seek views for 8 weeks, starting today. After that we will consider the responses we have received and publish a post-implementation review report. Any proposed action arising from the findings of the review will be announced at that time.</p><p> </p><p>The review is available at</p><p><a href=\"https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/post-implementation-review-of-coroner-reforms\" target=\"_blank\">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/post-implementation-review-of-coroner-reforms</a></p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":10,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":421536,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2015-10-15T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/421520","method":"GET"}]}