Welfare funeral enquiry
Case reference FOI2026/01457
Received 10 July 2026
Published 5 August 2026
Request
This is a new request for new information only. This is not a repeat request. Please could you kindly send me any information you may hold relating to 'public health act' or 'welfare' or 'contract' or 'paupers' funerals having taken place or due to take place, and/or persons who have died with no known next of kin since 1/5/26 to the day of your reply. Please include:
1. full names of deceased persons.
2. dates of death.
3. marital status.
4. maiden surnames of married or widowed females.
5. dates of birth or ages at death.
6. last known addresses.
7. estimated value of estates.
8. date(s) when the information was passed (or information that is about to be or likely to be passed) to the Government Legal Department (formerly Treasury Solicitor) or the Duchy of Lancaster or Cornwall or any other 3rd party, or, confirmation that this will not be happening and the reason why.
Response
Thank you for your recent request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please find the answers to your queries below:
This is a new request for new information only. This is not a repeat request. Please could you kindly send me any information you may hold relating to 'public health act' or 'welfare' or 'contract' or 'paupers' funerals having taken place or due to take place, and/or persons who have died with no known next of kin since 1/5/26 to the day of your reply. Please include:
1. full names of deceased persons.
2. dates of death.
3. marital status.
4. maiden surnames of married or widowed females.
5. dates of birth or ages at death.
6. last known addresses.
7. estimated value of estates.
8. date(s) when the information was passed (or information that is about to be or likely to be passed) to the Government Legal Department (formerly Treasury Solicitor) or the Duchy of Lancaster or Cornwall or any other 3rd party, or, confirmation that this will not be happening and the reason why.
In response to your recent request for information on public health funerals, please note, this information is publicly available on the Council's website at this link:
https://www.guildford.gov.uk/article/18826/Public-health-funerals-list
As such, the information you require can be found from publicly available sources and consequentially under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible.
Yours sincerely,
Information Governance Team
Guildford Borough Council
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