Freedom of information response
Public health funerals
Can you please list how many public health funerals (or so called “pauper” funerals) your council has organised, in the following years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Do you carry out an attended or unattended funeral?
Do you return ashes to family or friends if wished and, if so, under what circumstances?
If you do return ashes do you charge for that and how much?
What evidence do you require to carry out a burial, if that isn’t the default funerary method?
Can you please list how many public health funerals (or so called “pauper” funerals) your council has organised, in the following years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 See link to website
https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/what-we-spend/contract-funerals
Do you carry out an attended or unattended funeral? Both
Do you return ashes to family or friends if wished and, if so, under what circumstances? No, we only carry out burials, there isn’t a crematorium in Thurrock
If you do return ashes do you charge for that and how much? N/A
What evidence do you require to carry out a burial, if that isn’t the default funerary method? Referral by Coroner and Genealogy search.