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HOME OFFICE CIRCULARS

The Home Office issues Circulars to coroners, the police and others which have a bearing on coroners' work and inquests generally. Many (but not all) of these are published on the internet. The Home Office maintains a webpage with links to circulars generally, but it is not comprehensive. Links to a number of circulars directly relevant to coroners and inquests are set out below.

Home Office Circular 54/2002: Fees for Copies of Coroners' Records

Home Office Circular 31/2002: Deaths in Police Custody : guidance to the police on pre-inquest disclosure

Home Office Circular 13/2002: Deaths in Custody: deaths of members of the public during or following police contacts

Home Office Circular 35/2000 Responding To Tracing And Similar Enquiries [Data Protection]

Home Office Circular 32/2000 Detainee Risk Assessment & Revised Prisoner Esort Request (PER) Form

Home Office Circular 2/2000: The Cremation (Amendment) Regulations SI 2000 No 58

Home Office Circular 59/1999: The Coroners (Amendment) Rules 1999 SI 1999 No 3325

Home Office Circular 56/1999: Increases in financial loss allowances for jurors and ordinary witnesses, in fees for professional witnesses in coroners' courts, and in fees for coroners' post-mortems

Home Office Circular No 46/1999: Coroner Service: Model Coroners' Charter

Home Office Circular 30/1999: Post mortem examinations and the early release of bodies

Home Office Circular 20/1999: Deaths in police custody: guidance to the police on pre-inquest disclosure (superseded)

Home Office Circular 23/1998: Increases in financial loss allowances for jurors and ordinary witnesses, in fees for professional witnesses in coroners' courts, and in fees for coroners' post-mortems (superseded)

Home Office Circular 63/1997: Fees for Copies of Coroner’s Records (superseded)