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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-03-19more like thismore than 2020-03-19
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice remove filter
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Churches: Staffordshire more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many closed churchyards have been transferred from the Church of England to local authorities in Staffordshire since 2010. more like this
tabling member constituency Newcastle-under-Lyme more like this
tabling member printed
Aaron Bell more like this
uin 32215 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-03-27more like thismore than 2020-03-27
answer text <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> more like this
answering member constituency Cheltenham more like this
answering member printed Alex Chalk more like this
grouped question UIN
32213 more like this
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question first answered
less than 2020-03-27T10:07:22.86Zmore like thismore than 2020-03-27T10:07:22.86Z
answering member
4481
label Biography information for Alex Chalk more like this
tabling member
4837
label Biography information for Aaron Bell more like this