United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 73229
Death Certificates: Suicide
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29 August 2025
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8 September 2025 · Answer
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8 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will consider reviewing the potential merits of listing a specific addiction as the cause of death by suicide on death certificates.
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will consider reviewing the potential merits of listing a specific addiction as the cause of death by suicide on death certificates.
Source: Commons
8 September 2025
Answer
The Government has no plans to change the information which coroners are required to determine with regard to cause of death in cases of suicide.The information recorded by the coroner in the Record of Inquest is dependent on the circumstances of the indi...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/73229
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1829986
- uk · wq-1829986 · source updated 8 September 2025