Public health funerals organised, in the following years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Case reference FOI2024/00689
Published 8 May 2024
Request
Can you please list how many public health funerals (or so called "pauper" funerals) your council has organised, in the following years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Do you carry out an attended or unattended funeral?
Do you return ashes to family or friends if wished and, if so, under what circumstances?
If you do return ashes do you charge for that and how much?
What evidence do you require to carry out a burial, if that isn't the default funerary method?
Response
Can you please list how many public health funerals (or so called "pauper" funerals) your council has organised, in the following years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
A) The number of public health (PH) funerals organised by Herefordshire Council is as follows for the requested years:
2018 - 5 PH Funerals
2019 - 9 PH Funerals
2020 - 15 PH Funerals
2021 - 9 PH Funerals
2022 - 4 PH Funerals
2023 - 9 PH Funerals
Do you carry out an attended or unattended funeral?
A) There is currently an option for attended funerals.
Do you return ashes to family or friends if wished and, if so, under what circumstances?
A) Ashes can be returned to Family or named Next of Kin if requested.
If you do return ashes do you charge for that and how much?
A) No, we do not charge to return ashes.
What evidence do you require to carry out a burial, if that isn't the default funerary method?
A) A request in a will, or an active member of a religious group where cremation is not an accepted form of burial, and any other information will be reviewed, but must have direct relation to the deceased person's wishes rather than family or friend's wishes.
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