FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 11473 and Warwickshire Police 11474

I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 20^th March 2019. Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:
 

1. Do you employ coroner's officers?

2. If yes which coroner areas/ services do you provide officers for?

3. Does the force fund these positions? If not, how are they funded? By whom?

4. Can you tell me for each of the last five years, with a breakdown for each coroner's service, how many coroner's officers are/were employed?

5. Can you tell me for each of the last five years, with a breakdown for each coroner's service, the total cost per year to the force of providing coroner's officers?

REPLY:

West Mercia Police 11473

Warwickshire Police 11474

1. Yes

2. Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Warwickshire

3. Yes, the force funds these positions

4.  

1. The budget is centralised and therefore it is not possible to break the costs down into individual areas. The following costs are for providing Corners officers across the alliance:

2015 - £533,037

2016 - £434,455

2017 - £518,556

2018 - £624,435

2019 - £662,079