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Request

The number of so-called paupers' funerals, where the cost is covered by the States as the family of the deceased does not have sufficient funds, that have taken place since 2016.

A breakdown of the number of paupers' funerals in each year since.

Money spent on paupers' funerals since 2016. A breakdown of the amount spent in each year since.

Response

A previous Freedom of Information (FOI) request on this subject was published in June 2016 and is accessible at the following link:

Funeral costs (FOI)

Further to this previous FOI request, this question has been broken down into:

  • the number of special payments for funeral expenses

  • the value of special payments for funeral expenses

Both questions have been answered in the table below:

​Year​Number of special payments for funeral expenses​Value of special payments for funeral expenses
​2016​35£66,911.38
​2017​28​£52,778.86
​2018 (January to May)​30​£42,092.43

 

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