Question follow-through · 12377
Funerals: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing minimum standards for the funeral sector.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing minimum standards for the funeral sector.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jun 2026
Answer published
Raising standards in the care and treatment of the deceased is a sensitive and complex issue, spanning a number of sectors. The Department is leading cross-Government work to consider the full range of options across all relevant settings, including the f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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