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Response 3570212

Response to request for information

Reference

3570212

Response date

18 October 2024

Request

  1. Energy Consumption and Cost:
  • How much energy, in kilowatt-hours (kWh), was consumed via cremations for each of the past four years (year end 31 March, latest year being y/e 31 March 2024)? This is referring only to the energy consumption of the cremation itself, as opposed to ancillary energy use in the crematorium. If this information is not available, please provide total Scope 1 emissions from cremations over the same period as an alternative.
  • Could you please provide data on the cost of this energy consumption for each of the past four years (year end 31 March, latest year being y/e 31 March 2024)?
  1. Cremation Pricing and Frequency:
  • Could you please provide data on the average revenue received for an attended and an unattended cremation for each of the past four years (year end 31st March, latest year being y/e 31 March 2024)? This is referring to cremation fees charged. Please provide separate answers for attended and unattended cremations, if possible.
  • What is the total number of attended and unattended cremations that have taken place for each of the past four years (year end 31 March, latest year being y/e 31 March 2024) in your crematorium? Please provide separate answers for attended and unattended cremations, if possible.
  • Please also provide data on ‘ancillary’ cremation revenue received for each of the past four years (year end 31 March, latest year being y/e 31 March 2024). By ‘ancillary’, we mean any additional revenues received related to cremations, but outside of the core cremation fee. For example: cremation memorials / cremation plots, provision of in-house celebrant, photo tributes, etc.. Please provide data on this revenue broken down by type of revenue as is possible.

Response

Please note Rushcliffe Oaks opened on the 3 April 2023 so all information is from that date to the 31 March 2024.

  1. Energy Consumption and Cost:
  • How much energy, in kilowatt-hours (kWh), was consumed via cremations for each of the past four years (year end 31 March, latest year being y/e 31 March 2024)? This is referring only to the energy consumption of the cremation itself, as opposed to ancillary energy use in the crematorium. If this information is not available, please provide total Scope 1 emissions from cremations over the same period as an alternative.

Response: The electrically powered cremator typically used 360 kwh per day during the 2023/24 fiscal year which equates to 131,760 kwh for the year. Need to make it clear that unlike a gas cremator, the electric type actually uses more power when it is in standby mode.

  • Could you please provide data on the cost of this energy consumption for each of the past four years (year end 31 March, latest year being y/e 31 March 2024)?

Response: Given the above, and using the info on EDF’s bill for January 2024 as a trend/typical period, the net cost of electricity used to operate the cremator is approx. £52k for 23/24 inclusive of consumption and none consumption charges. This is an approximation due to a number of factors, which include that is not possible to accurately identify consumption related to day/night time tariffs and the feed in effects of on site photovoltaic panels.

  1. Cremation Pricing and Frequency:
  • Could you please provide data on the average revenue received for an attended and an unattended cremation for each of the past four years (year end 31 March, latest year being y/e 31 March 2024)? This is referring to cremation fees charged. Please provide separate answers for attended and unattended cremations, if possible.

Response: Attended fee £950 Unattended fee £475

  • What is the total number of attended and unattended cremations that have taken place for each of the past four years (year end 31 March, latest year being y/e 31 March 2024) in your crematorium? Please provide separate answers for attended and unattended cremations, if possible.

Response: Attended 505 Unattended 32

  • Please also provide data on ‘ancillary’ cremation revenue received for each of the past four years (year end 31 March, latest year being y/e 31 March 2024). By ‘ancillary’, we mean any additional revenues received related to cremations, but outside of the core cremation fee. For example: cremation memorials / cremation plots, provision of in-house celebrant, photo tributes, etc.. Please provide data on this revenue broken down by type of revenue as is possible.

Response: Revenue from memorialisation £15,920

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