Question follow-through · 8719
Land: Burial
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of land for burials.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 11 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 18 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of land for burials.
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government is aware of increasing localised pressure on burial spaces in certain parts of the country and we welcome information from burial providers and local communities about the situation in their areas, as this is helpful in enabling us to build...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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