FOI request (FOIR-750177983)

Public Health Funerals

Requested Thu 18 September 2025
Responded Wed 24 September 2025

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am writing to request the following information regarding funerals arranged by the Council under Section 46 Public Health Act 1984 (England and Wales).

1. How many such funerals has the Council arranged since 16 June 2025?

In each case please disclose:

a. The name and last residential address of the deceased.

b. The deceased’s dates of birth and death.

c. Whether the deceased’s next of kin/family members have been traced.

d. Whether the deceased’s estate has been referred to the Government Legal Department or elsewhere.

2. Has the Council passed this information to any other individual or organisation (either formally through a FOI request or by other means)?

3. What is the Council policy on referring Bona Vacantia matters to the relevant authorities across the UK?

4. Does the Council work with any genealogist? If so, which?

5. Does the Council publish a list of Public Health Funerals it has arranged? If so:

a. Where is the list published (please provide the URL if on-line)?

b. How often is the list updated?

c. When was the list last updated?

6. Who in the Council is responsible for the Council’s Public Health Funerals? Please advise us of their names and contact details.

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Response

1. Pease see the attached document.

2. No

3. If there is no known next of kin, they are intestate, and the net value is over £500, we refer it.

4. No

5a. https://www.hastings.gov.uk/my-council/transparency/budgets/

5b. Each quarter as a minimum.

5c. 22nd September 2025

6. Cameron Morley, Head of Environment and Operations, email: cmorley@hastings.gov.uk

Attachments

• FOIR-750177983_FOIR-750177983_1-FOI_Deaths_from_01-04-25_31-03-26.xls