FOI request (FOIR-336674030)

Funerals

Requested Fri 21 May 2021
Responded  Fri 28 May 2021

I would be most grateful if you would supply me with the following information.

The number of both funerals and cremations that you have on your records for your authority for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Could you please provide an individual figure for each and a combined total.

Please provide the information in the form of a return email. If any of the questions are not able to be answered please try to answer the others as fully as possible and if possible, state the reason for the information not being available.

If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

Response

2015 - Full burial - 103

2015 - Cremations - 1469

2016 - Full burial - 96

2016 - Cremations - 1448

2017 - Full burial - 93

2017 - Cremations - 1480

2018 - Full burial - 77

2018 - Cremations - 1527

2019 - Full burial - 95

2019 - Cremations - 1421

2020 - Full burial - 78

2020 - Cremations - 1562

Total - Full burial - 542

Total - Cremations - 8907

Grand Total - 9449