Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 61098

Perinatal Mortality: Burial

Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 27 June 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department holds data on how many local authorities have complete and accessible records of historic stillbirth burials.

Answer

Jim McMahon
The government understands that tracing a baby’s grave or a record of cremation can be a very difficult time for people both mentally and emotionally. It is important, therefore, that parents searching for the final resting place of their child’s remains ...

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