Management Side Secretary, Sarah Ward
Local Government Association
18 Smith Square,
London, SW1P 3HZ
[email protected]
Officers’ Side Secretary, Joanne Kearsley
Phoenix Centre
L/Cpl Stephen Shaw MC Way (formerly Church Street)
Heywood OL10 1LR
[email protected]
JOINT NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE FOR CORONERS
To: Chief Executives (London Boroughs, Metropolitan Districts, County Councils and Unitary Councils in England and Wales)
5 June 2023
CORONERS’ CIRCULAR No 68
Dear Sir/Madam
JNC for Coroners – Pay 2023/24
We write to confirm that agreement has now been reached. With effect from 1st April 2023, local salaries and day rates for individuals derived from the JNC arrangements below should be increased by 3.5%.
The new JNC figures are provided in the table below:
| Senior coroner | 1 April 2023 |
| Range | £129,872 to £144,303 |
| Part-time senior coroner | 1 April 2023 |
| Base salary | £22,200 |
| Daily rate | £489 to £555 |
| Area coroner | 1 April 2023 |
| Range | £96,572 to £111,002 |
| Assistant coroner | 1 April 2023 |
| Daily rate | £417 to £503 |
Detailed discussion will take place on potential terms of reference following on from the previous in principle JNC agreement that, subject to the terms of reference being agreed, there will be a joint update of the 2017 Korn Ferry Hay report. This would be with the intention of such work informing the pay negotiation for 2024.
Yours faithfully
SARAH WARD
JOANNE KEARSLEY
Joint Secretaries