FOI request (FOIR-763141612)

Deceased individuals

Requested Thu 06 November 2025
Responded Fri 07 November 2025

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, we are writing to request information regarding deceased individuals (with associated information), confirmed as having no known kith and kin, and deceased individuals not confirmed as having no known kith and kin, within your jurisdiction. If your unable to provide any of the below information please specify what information your unable to provide and why you are unable to provide this information. We ideally require all the following information:

Information of all deceased individuals to date for the last three years, broken down into individual records of those deceased to include the following information:

1. Full name of the deceased.

2. Date of birth of the deceased at the time of death.

3. Full residential addresses of the deceased.

4. Full address of the site and/or contact details of the site where the deceased passed away.

5. Date of death.

6. Of the deceased without any known kith and kin, or you are in the process of establishing if this deceased has any kith and kin, did this deceased have any assets and/or properties?

7. Of the deceased without any known kith and kin, or you are in the process of establishing if this deceased has any kith and kin, what is the full address where the individual’s cremation or the burial took place and the cost of the individual deceased’s burial or cremation?

8. Of the deceased without any known kith and kin, or you are in the process of establishing if this deceased has any kith and kin, specify what personal information of the deceased was passed to:

a. Which tracing agent(s) with their full contact details, and/or

b. The Government legal department and/or Treasury department(s), and/or

c. Which Probate firm(s) with their full contact, and/or

d. Any other entity.

9. Of the deceased without any known kith and kin, or you are in the process of establishing if this deceased has any kith and kin, what is the date when the deceased’s personal information was passed to:

a. Tracing agent(s), and/or

b. The Government legal department and/or Treasury department(s), and/or

c. Probate firm, and/or

d. Any other entity.

10. Of the deceased without any known kith and kin, or you are in the process of establishing if this deceased has any kith and kin, what specific information of the deceased was shared with:

a. Tracing agent(s), and/or

b. The Government legal department and/or Treasury department(s), and/or

c. Probate firm(s), and/or

d. Any other entity.

11. Of the deceased without any known kith and kin, and/or you are in the process of establishing if this deceased has any kith and kin, what is the cost of the cremation or the burial of the individual deceased?

12. What is the council’s department name and the council department’s e-mail address and/or any other contact information, responsible for passing the individual deceased records to:

a. Tracing agent(s), and/or

b. The Government legal department and/or Treasury department(s), and/or

c. Probate firm(s)

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Response

Please see attached, 4 documents containing the requested information.

Attachments

• FOIR-763141612_FOIR-763141612_4-FOI_Deaths_from_01-04-22_31-03-23.xls
• FOIR-763141612_FOIR-763141612_2-FOI_Deaths_from_01-04-24_31-03-25.xls
• FOIR-763141612_FOIR-763141612_3-FOI_Deaths_from_01-04-23_31-03-24.xls
• FOIR-763141612_FOIR-763141612_1-FOI_Deaths_from_01-04-25_31-03-26.xls