Chair: Ian Black Chief Executive: Steven Michael
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Our ref: FOI501/13
23 April 2013
Private & Confidential
Paul Ogden
/ Customer Services
South West Yorkshire Partnership
NHS Foundation Trust
Fieldhead
Ouchthorpe Lane
Wakefield
WF1 3SP
Tel: 0800 587 2108
Fax: 01924 327 668
E-mail:

Dear Mr Ogden,

Thank you for your recent e-mail, which we received on 8 April 2013 and in which you requested information under the Freedom of Information Act.

  1. The total number of public health funerals (where the deceased has no relatives or there is no one else willing to pay) that your Trust has undertaken for the financial years 2010/11, 2011/12,

2012/13?

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPFT) has not undertaken or funded any public health funerals (where the deceased service user had no relatives or anyone willing to fund the cost of the funeral). Therefore, the remaining questions are not applicable to SWYPFT.

  1. The number of public health funerals that the Trust has undertaken by gender for the past 3 financial years?

Not applicable.

  1. The number of public health funerals that the Trust has undertaken by age for the past 3 financial years? Since April 2010, how many cases have there been where family and friends refuse to finance or make arrangements for their relatives funeral?

Not applicable.

  1. How much have the burials/cremations cost the Trust broken down by year for the last 3 financial years? This cost informationdoes not need to include administrative or staff costs, and before any costs are claimed back by the local authority from the deceased’s estate.

Not applicable.

  1. How much does your trust typically (average cost) pay for a Public Health Funeral?

Not applicable.

  1. What does your Trust provide at a public health funeral?

Not applicable.

  1. What relationship do you have with your local council(s)regarding funerals of this nature?

Not applicable.

  1. Have you observed any of the following over the last three years?

Not applicable.

  • Higher numbers or people dying without any income or assets
  • Higher numbers of people dying with family or friends unable tocontribute to the costs of a funeral
  • Higher numbers of people dying with family or friends unwillingto contribute to the costs of a funeral
  • Higher numbers of people dying with no friends or family

I hope that this information is useful and helps to fulfil your enquiry under the Freedom Information Act. If you are not happy with the information supplied with your response, please contact Bronwyn Gill, Head of Communications and Customer Services, on 01924 327 006 or via .

Yours sincerely,

Amy Sharp

Customer Services Officer

Chair: Ian Black Chief Executive: Steven Michael
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