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Funerals: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress she has made on changing licensing in the funeral home sector.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
14 Jan 2025
Target answer date
16 Jan 2025
Answer
22 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress she has made on changing licensing in the funeral home sector.

  2. 16 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Funeral directors have a profound responsibility to treat those who have died with the utmost dignity and respect and the majority of funeral directors conduct themselves in accordance with the high standards expected of them. However, the Government reco...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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