About InquestIQ

Accountability starts with transparency

What is InquestIQ?

InquestIQ is a public-interest platform that tracks Prevention of Future Death (PFD) reports issued by coroners across England and Wales. When a coroner identifies circumstances that could lead to further deaths, they must issue a report under Regulation 28 of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013. The recipient — an NHS Trust, police force, government department, or other organisation — is legally required to respond within 56 days.

Despite this legal obligation, there is no enforcement mechanism and no centralised system for tracking whether organisations respond, let alone whether they take action. InquestIQ exists to fill that gap.

How It Works

Collect — We automatically collect PFD reports from the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website daily, using their WordPress API.

Extract — Each report is parsed to identify the coroner, area, recipient organisations, and response status.

Analyse — AI identifies thematic patterns across the corpus, enabling cross-coroner visibility that the current system lacks.

Track — We monitor response status for every recipient, computing overdue rates and highlighting accountability gaps.

Data Sources

Courts and Tribunals Judiciary — Primary source for all published PFD reports and responses
Ministry of Justice Coroner Statistics — Annual aggregate statistics by coroner area
Chief Coroner Annual Reports — Response rates and the Badge of Dishonour list

Legal Basis

PFD reports are Crown copyright, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0, which permits copying, adaptation, and commercial exploitation with attribution. Deceased persons are not data subjects under UK GDPR, and living persons' names are redacted at source by the Chief Coroner before publication.

The PFD System

The duty to issue PFD reports is established by Schedule 5, Paragraph 7 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, with operational detail in Regulations 28 and 29 of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013. Recipients must respond within 56 days. There is no penalty for non-response — which is why platforms like InquestIQ are needed.

Attribution

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data from the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary (judiciary.uk). This platform is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Judiciary, Ministry of Justice, or Chief Coroner.

Built by Standard Consulting. Report content is sourced from judiciary.uk. For takedown requests or data concerns, please use the contact form below.

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