Key information
Request reference number: MGLA010724-6630
Date of response:
Summary of request
You requested:
I request data on coroners' Prevention of Future Deaths reports (PFDs or Reg 28 letters) received by the GLA.
1. the total number of PFDs where the GLA and Mayor of London was a listed addressee from inception (July 2013) until June 2024 (or the most recent available data), broken down as annual counts for each calendar year (e.g. for 2013, the number of reports from Jul to Dec; for 2014 the number of reports from January to December).
2. the total number of PFDs where the GLA and Mayor of London was copied for information as an ‘interested person’ from inception (July 2013) until June 2024 (or the most recent available data), broken down as annual counts for each calendar year (e.g. for 2013 the number of reports from Jul to Dec; for 2014 the number of reports from January to December).
Our response:
I can confirm that the GLA holds this information, but it is exempt from disclosure under FoIA as set out below.
Where requested information is already reasonably accessible, Section 21 of FoIA permits public authorities to direct requestors to where the information is held.
The PFD’s that the GLA holds are available on the Courts & Judiciary website below, which is in the public domain. The data can be accessed by typing ‘Mayor of London’ in the ‘Keyword’ section.
https://www.judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/