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registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cremation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to allow living individuals to keep the ashes of cremated limbs that have been amputated.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	203768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>I have asked my officials to look into this issue. I will write to the Right Honourable member for Bournemouth East in due course with an update.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/10/2023 11:15:21 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1139234

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cremation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the use of alkaline hydrolysis as an alternative to traditional cremations.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	277785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to bring forward legislation in this area.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/07/2019 11:35:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1132411

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cremation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average length of time between death and cremation by region in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19; and what steps he is taking to reduce that time.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	265571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally. This is a matter for individual cremation authorities.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/06/2019 11:42:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

867247

registered interest
date	19/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cremation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of local councils, if any, refusing to give ashes to families after public health funerals; and what is their response to reports of such practices.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL6454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not made any such estimate.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the regulatory framework for cremation, ashes would normally be returned to the cremation applicant, which in the case of a public health cremation would be the local authority. However, it is open to the local authority to pass the ashes to any family or friends who come forward, and we would expect this to happen whenever possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 29/03/2018 14:37:54 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

381549

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cremation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to amend the definition of ashes in the Cremation Act 1902.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	2791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham on 15 June, which can be found at: <a title="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-08/1388/" href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-08/1388/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-08/1388/</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 2792 question first answered 24/06/2015 10:56:37 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

381550

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cremation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to appoint an independent inspector of crematoriums.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	2792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham on 15 June, which can be found at: <a title="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-08/1388/" href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-08/1388/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-08/1388/</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 2791 question first answered 24/06/2015 10:56:37 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard