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<p>Historically, the Church of England has made burial provision for local communities,
and continues to do so. The transfer of responsibility for closed churchyards to local
authorities returns the accountability for their maintenance to the community as a
whole. Local authority spending priorities are a matter for local discretion.</p><p>Data
on the transfer of responsibility for closed churchyards to local authorities is not
held centrally.</p><p>The Law Commission’s current Programme of Law Reform includes
a project to consider streamlining and modernising the law governing the disposal
of human remains, with a view to putting forward a legal framework for the future.</p>
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