Response 1132396

Response to request for information

Reference

1132396

Response date

22 June 2023

Request

I would be grateful if you could provide, where held, the following information - each broken down by calendar year (i.e. 1st January to 31st December inclusive) for the following years: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.

1. The number of Public Health Funerals that occurred in your local authority area, for each calendar year specified above
2. Of these, the number of these Public Health Funerals that were a) Burials and b) Cremations, for each calendar year specified above
3. The total cost of Public Health Funerals in your local authority area that were Burials, for each calendar year specified above
4. The total cost of Public Health Funerals in your local authority area that were Cremations, for each calendar year specified above
5. The total sum recouped by the local authority from the estate of deceased persons receiving a Public Health Funeral (burial or cremation), for each calendar year specified above.
6. In the case of cremations, if this data is held, the number of ashes remains that were not collected by a next of kin, and thus left for the local authority to arrange the disposal of, again for each calendar year specified above

Response

The information requested is contained in the responses below:

• Details of burials from 2013 on
• Welfare funerals last 12 months
• Welfare funerals last 12 months latest