Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 114813

Human Remains: Regulation

Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

Dame Caroline Dinenage

ConservativeGosport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the additional cost of requiring the Human Tissue Authority to regulate the care of corpses throughout the death pathway including in funeral homes.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The Department has not made an assessment of the additional cost of requiring the Human Tissue Authority to regulate the care of the deceased throughout the death pathway, including in funeral homes.The Government is considering the full range of options ...

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