Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many coroner's inquests (a) with and (b) without a jury were held in the last five years for which figures are available. [196974]

Simon Hughes, Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties: The number of coroner’s inquests held with and without a jury can be found in the statistical tables accompanying the ‘Coroners Statistics 2012’ publication, which is accessible via the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coroners-statistics

Table 10 provides data from 1995 to 2012. Data for 2013 will be published on 15 May 2014 in the ‘Coroners Statistics 2013’ publication, which will be available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics

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