Public health funerals

A public health funeral is a funeral for people who have died with no known next of kin, bona vacantia estates and estates which have been referred to the Treasury Solicitor, or Duchy of Lancaster or Cornwall.

Details of public health funerals are updated on a quarterly basis.

Public health funerals in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

Date of death	Gender	Type of funeral	Next of Kin/Will	Treasury Solicitors
11 January 2019	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
21 January 2019	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
23 January 2019	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
26 January 2019	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
25 February 2019	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
5 March 2019	Female	Cremation	No	No
10 May 2019	Male	Cremation	No	No
24 June 2019	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
23 August 2019	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
31 August 2019	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
28 August 2019	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
16 November 2019	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
22 November 2019	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
25 November 2019	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
31 December 2019	Female	Cremation	No	No
13 January 2020	Male	Cremation	No	No
9 March 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
22 March 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
1 April 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
5 April 2020	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
19 April 2020	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
10 April 2020	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
6 April 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
7 May 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
9 May 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
11 April 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
27 June 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
6 July 2020	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
6 July 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
13 July 2020	Male	Cremation	No	Yes
18 August 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
23 August 2020	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
24 August 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
1 September 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
24 October 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
27 September 2020	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
19 December 2020	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
6 January 2021	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
3 February 2021	Male	Cremation	Not Known	No
14 February 2021	Male	Cremation	Not known	No
2 February 2021	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
26 June 2021	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
10 June 2021	Female	Burial	Yes	No
7 August 2021	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
17 October 2021	Male	Cremation	Yes	Yes
20 October 2021	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
27 October 2021	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
30 November 2021	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
5 December 2021	Male	Cremation	No	No
3 January 2022	Male	Burial	No	No
15 February 2022	Male	Burial	Yes	No
11 March 2022	Male	Cremation	No	No
15 March 2022	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
20 June 2022	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
26 August 2022	Male	Cremation	No	No
24 November 2022	Male	Burial	Yes	No
11 December 2022	Male	Cremation	No	No
19 December 2022	Male	Cremation	No	No
3 January 2023	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
15 January 2023	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
18 January 2023	Male	Cremation	Yes	No
24 January 2023	Male	Cremation	No	No
24 February 2023	Female	Cremation	Yes	No
6 March 2023	Male	Burial	Yes	No
14 March 2023	Male	Cremation	Yes	No

Public health funeral costs in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees

Financial Year (1 April to 31 March)	No. of Burials and Cremations	Total Costs paid for in the financial year £
2019 to 2020	13	15,242.21
2020 to 2021	25	27,130.57
2021 to 2022	12	14,336.00
2022 to 2023	13	14,051.00

Exemption of updated information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

There are relatively few public health funerals in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees therefore, we consider that publication of this information at quarterly intervals reasonable.

Exemption of additional information under The Freedom of Information Act 2000 

We apply the following exemptions to the release of any further information about public health funerals, people who have died with no known next of kin, bona vacantia estates and estates which have been referred to the Treasury Solicitor, or Duchy of Lancaster or Cornwall:

Section 21- information reasonably accessible to the applicant by another means

Our reason for applying this exemption is that details of all deaths within the Borough are registered. Deaths can be registered at any Registry Office and contact details of all those within the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, can be found on our registration pages.  

Information that the council holds on estates passed, or estates to be passed, to the Treasury Solicitor, is considered to be held on behalf of the Treasury Solicitor's Department. Some details of the estate of those persons who have died and which have been passed to the Treasury Solicitor can be accessed via the Treasury Solicitor's website or via the Bona Vacantia website.

Section 31  - law enforcement

Revealing details of the assets of an estate before the Treasury Solicitor has undertaken their own enquiries would provide an opportunity for criminal acts to be committed (for example, theft or fraud). Similarly, there would be concerns about making the last known address of the deceased public, as the property is likely to be unoccupied and might still contain the deceased's personal papers and effects. There is also a continuing risk after the estate has been secured of, for example, identity theft. Taking into account the above issues, the council considers that there is no over-riding public interest in releasing the information requested. Any public interest would be best served by upholding the exemption under Section 31 of the Act as disclosure of the information would be likely to prejudice the prevention of crime by enabling or encouraging the commission of offences.

Applicants should be aware that the exemption of additional information under Section 21 and Section 31 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 has been upheld by an Internal Review.

 Funeral Director

We currently use Colin McGinley Independent Family Funeral Service, 235a Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 7AB.

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Public health funerals