Decision details

1)    To authorise the Head of Legal Services, subject to the confirmation of the Chief Coroner and the Lord Chancellor, to determine conditions and to appoint Kate Sutherland, the existing Assistant Coroner of the North West Wales Area to act as a Senior Coroner until the authority has addressed the question of merging areas and until a permanent Senior Coroner has been appointed.

2)    To authorise the Head of Legal Services to hold a review to consider the propriety of merging the North West Wales Coroner area with other areas, including commencing discussions with the North Wales Councils, along with any other relevant stakeholders, the Chief Coroner and the Ministry of Justice, and to emphasise the importance of having a Senior Coroner that can maintain the service through the medium of Welsh and await a report back on the findings and the way forward.