Question follow-through · 13720
Cremation and Funerals: Pre-payment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the current exemption for Local Authorities from Financial Conduct Authority regulation for pre-need funeral and cremation services.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 26 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
26 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the current exemption for Local Authorities from Financial Conduct Authority regulation for pre-need funeral and cremation services.
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government legislated in 2021 to bring pre-paid funeral plan providers and intermediaries within the regulatory remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This made it illegal for firms to sell pre-paid funeral plans without authorisation from th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Energy and Transport: Finance
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted an assessment of the potential economic impact from (i) cancellation, (ii) delay, (iii) descoping, (iv) or reprofiling of energy and transport projects to fund increases in defen
Imports: Israel
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs will take to verify whether goods imported from Israel originate in settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, following the announcement of sanctions on 8 September 2026.