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Funerals

Asked by Dame Caroline DinenageConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 4 March 2026UIN 110756

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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

Answered by Alison McGovern

Local 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.

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