WHAT IS A BACKLOG?
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for inquests, said: "When [former constitutional affairs minister] Harriet Harman reported the backlog to Parliament in May 2006 there were 86. She said that was unacceptable. That figure is down to 14 at Oxford."
He said the total of 121 outstanding inquests was not a "backlog" and added there was no backlog with the Wiltshire coroner, who is dealing with 51 military inquests.