PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coroners (20 July 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he has made any assessment of whether autism diagnoses should be recorded in coroners' reports.
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Answer
The purpose of a coroner’s investigation is to determine who the deceased was and how, when and where they came by their death. The coroner may refer to the deceased’s autism in their inquest conclusion if they consider that it is relevant to the death.
Answered by:
Dr Phillip Lee (Liberal Democrat)
5 September 2017
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