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Annex B: Number of inquests outstanding at the end of each year, by coroner's district
Name of coroner’s district	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
The Queen’s Household	1	1	1	1	1	1
North East
Darlington and South Durham	72	62	28	53	40	64
North Durham	41	38	34	109	77	120
Hartlepool	32	17	12	16	12	13
North Northumberland	25	36	68	70	65	83
South Northumberland	47	48	48	32	61	48
Teesside	269	310	239	169	191	184
Gateshead and South Tyneside	11	50	69	60	48	52
Newcastle upon Tyne	98	147	122	138	132	147
North Tyneside	123	129	113	51	68	61
Sunderland	34	50	80	94	143	135
North West
Cheshire	257	235	239	281	286	327
North East Cumbria	55	63	66	80	57	100
South Cumbria and Furness(1)	31	42	8	44	35	54
Western Cumbria	28	31	17	32	27	40
Manchester city	168	100	181	195	172	368
Manchester North	46	62	88	124	185	148
Manchester South	350	245	290	289	134	241
Manchester West	179	277	194	221	148	178
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley	36	26	79	43	47	71
Blackpool/Fylde	52	51	31	54	69	85
East Lancashire	37	40	41	71	68	87
Preston and West Lancashire(1)	69	67	74	149	170	60
Sefton, Knowsley and St. Helens	129	80	114	120	110	164
Liverpool	50	59	28	40	47	10
Wirral	64	42	88	74	66	117
Yorkshire and the Humber
East Riding and Hull	72	132	137	137	113	88
North Lincolnshire and Grimsby	39	36	53	116	73	96
York City	37	30	55	69	38	44
North Yorkshire Eastern District	55	55	60	43	28	39
North Yorkshire Western District	95	49	47	59	70	59
South Yorkshire Eastern District	116	67	80	63	67	114
South Yorkshire Western District	126	88	124	80	88	140
West Yorkshire Eastern District	312	354	290	274	278	307
West Yorkshire Western District	216	212	197	202	168	273
East Midlands
Derby and South Derbyshire	88	39	61	57	55	74
North Derbyshire (formerly known as Scarsdale)(1)	44	61	55	41	57	72
Leicester city and South Leicestershire	195	211	186	118	138	341
Rutland and North Leicestershire	47	49	67	42	64	69
Boston and Spalding	25	14	30	30	29	18
West Lincolnshire(1)	36	44	67	55	47	63
Spilsby and Louth(1)	18	22	25	36	29	31
Stamford	2	8	8	6	12	15
Northamptonshire	95	126	91	108	134	172
Nottinghamshire	93	153	150	103	58	98
West Midlands
Herefordshire	24	15	3	30	14	56
Mid and North Shropshire	30	45	43	37	43	36
South Shropshire	20	29	16	22	18	12
Staffordshire South	132	121	131	76	103	133
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire	58	71	115	157	102	169
Telford and Wrekin	13	46	32	32	49	23
Warwickshire	74	96	67	95	153	124
Birmingham and Solihull	35	152	284	243	560	162
Black Country(1)	113	123	148	154	65	155
Coventry	31	38	46	45	45	98
Wolverhampton	43	23	29	39	39	41
Worcestershire	68	98	96	121	95	67
East of England
Bedfordshire and Luton	50	63	46	43	55	64
North and East Cambridgeshire	28	22	29	28	17	26
South and West Cambridgeshire	30	39	41	57	34	58
Essex and Thurrock	158	177	171	274	214	321
Hertfordshire(1)	149	167	69	88	118	51
Great Yarmouth	10	17	14	5	4	12
Norwich and Central Norfolk(1)	46	65	66	77	62	152
King's Lynn	16	12	15	15	23	16
Peterborough	37	18	24	35	39	46
Southend-on-Sea	29	28	39	58	88	32
Suffolk(1)	67	46	49	78	73	115
London
City of London	9	17	12	9	10	14
East London	185	210	260	203	230	217
Inner North London	275	283	253	219	284	399
Inner South London	165	130	281	278	229	226
Inner West London	123	106	56	85	84	142
North London	238	154	199	171	177	210
South London	88	102	112	110	102	141
West London	33	187	197	188	221	272
South East
Berkshire (former county)(1)	60	50	32	51	89	90
Brighton and Hove	32	24	23	31	28	29
Buckinghamshire	48	68	57	45	12	34
East Sussex	64	126	149	104	104	169
Central Hampshire	49	37	44	24	39	81
North East Hampshire	36	9	18	10	11	2
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	40	29	103	149	145	233
Southampton and New Forest	34	39	47	52	40	38
Isle of Wight	31	46	42	47	21	36
Central and South East Kent(1)	59	46	61	84	91	98
Mid Kent and Medway	84	64	110	104	106	130
North East Kent	62	99	63	77	90	35
North West Kent	67	72	70	70	31	62
Milton Keynes	18	18	26	29	41	44
Oxfordshire	126	126	155	192	202	358
Surrey	127	153	169	205	179	178
West Sussex	65	33	51	77	58	61
South West
Avon (former county)	188	112	118	275	212	530
Cornwall(1)	100	78	114	202	139	295
Exeter and Greater Devon	64	88	145	142	176	210
Plymouth and South West Devon	61	177	210	158	222	133
Torbay and South Devon	26	34	41	35	36	45
Bournemouth Poole and Eastern Dorset	33	32	52	39	33	24
Western Dorset	28	29	20	25	29	29
Gloucestershire(1)	87	93	87	99	129	214
Isles of Scilly	0	0	0	0	1	0
Eastern Somerset	29	37	36	54	36	61
Western Somerset	22	58	62	56	56	28
Wiltshire and Swindon	102	123	156	148	140	189
Wales
Bridgend and Glamorgan Valleys	206	174	155	170	139	158
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan	138	145	150	174	258	283
Carmarthenshire	54	24	18	21	19	32
Central North Wales	87	42	43	45	52	52
Ceredigion	19	17	14	19	5	6
Gwent	17	24	20	35	23	39
Neath and Port Talbot	15	20	16	20	12	32
North East Wales	80	36	33	73	45	88
North West Wales	57	62	54	69	56	64
Pembrokeshire	20	14	16	15	18	29
Powys	13	25	24	37	30	51
City and County of Swansea	111	113	174	121	90	148
Total England and Wales	8,951	9,354	10,056	10,704	10,598	13,079
(1) This district incorporates one or more smaller districts which were separate in 2001. Figures from years when the districts were separate have been aggregated. Note: In certain circumstances where the data were not available, we have estimated the number of outstanding inquests in a jurisdiction at the end of a year by using related data on the numbers of inquests opened and closed during the year. Around 6 per cent. of values shown in this table have been subject to such an estimation process.

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