FOI release

Paupers funerals

This request was refused in full, so we didn't provide the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference FOI2026/01308

Received 24 June 2026

Published 1 July 2026

Request

Please could you kindly send me any information you may hold relating to Paupers funerals (sometimes referred to as 'Public Health Act' Funerals) where persons have died with no known next of kin (blood relatives) from 1^st April 2026 to the day of your reply (or as close as possible). 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 any third party, if so to whom, or confirmation that this will not be happening and the reason why. 

Response

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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