FOI request (FOIR-132966461)

Public health funerals

Requested Wed 24 July 2019
Responded Tue 27 August 2019

1. How many public health funerals did Hastings council pay for in each of the following financial years: 2016/2017 , 2017/2018 , and 2018/2019?

2. What was the total cost of public health funerals in each of the financial years named in 1?

3. Please provide me with a of the council's internment and cremation fees in 2016 vs today (I am interested to see whether charges have gone up/down etc. for members of the public buying a cremation)

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Response

Q1 -

2016-17 - 30

2017-18 - 27

2018-19 - 19

Q2 -

2016-17 - Spend £40,931.08

2017-18 - Spend £40,085.00

2018-19 - Spend £36,073.74

Q3 -

2016:

£622 - Cremation fee

£540 - Internment fee

2019:

£750 - Cremation fee

£688 - Internment fee