Request Reference: 17181623

Date received: 6 February 2018

Date response sent: 23 February 2018

1.How many public health funerals took place in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,

2016 and 2017?

2011/12 / 18
2012/13 / 29
2013/14 / 22
2014/15 / 29
2015/16 / 36
2016/17 / 32
2017/18 / 16

2.How many were paid for by your authority, and how many by other means?

All of those listed above.

3.How much has the council spent on public health funerals in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017?

2011/12 / £17,823.60
2012/13 / £17,389.10
2013/14 / £16,011.00
2014/15 / £33,442.00
2015/16 / £55,570.00
2016/17 / £53,537.80
2017/18 / £16,973.40 to Feb 2018

4.If known, how many were male and how many were female, broken down by year?

2011/12 / 12 Males 6 Females
2012/13 / 21 Males 8 Females
2013/14 / 12 Males 10 Females
2014/15 / 22 Males 7 Females
2015/16 / 25 Males 11 Females
2016/17 / 23 Males 9 Females
2017/18 / 15 Males 1

5.How much was your a) cheapest and b) most expensive public health funeral?

The most expensive public funeral was £2039.00, and the cheapest was £1508.00

6.How many under 18s and over 65s had a public health funeral in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017?

2011/12 / <18 = 0 / >65 = 14
2012/13 / <18 = 0 / >65 = 14
2013/14 / <18 = 0 / >65 = 11
2014/15 / <18 = 0 / >65 = 17
2015/16 / <18 = 0 / >65 = 22
2016/17 / <18 = 0 / >65 = 18
2017/18 / <18 = 0 / >65 = 4

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