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Cremation and Funerals: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the value for money of at-need funeral, cremation and burial services offered by Local Authorities.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
1 Jul 2026
Answer
7 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the value for money of at-need funeral, cremation and burial services offered by Local Authorities.

  2. 1 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Government does not collect this information and has therefore not done any assessments. The Department of Health and Social Care is leading the cross-government response to the Fuller Inquiry and will publish a full response to the Inquiry’s recommen...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Roads: Birmingham

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