Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 110756
Funerals
Tabled: 4 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Conservative — Gosport
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of Local Authorities contracting funeral services where those services fall outside of a Local Authority's obligations under Section 46 of
Answer
Alison McGovernLocal authorities are independent of central government. My department has made no estimate of the number of the number of local authorities contracting funeral services outside of their obligations.