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Dear Lancaster City Council,

Please advise the total number of burials and cremations, annually, broken
down by burials and cremations from January 2015 to December 2020 (or the
last full month of data), in the lancaster City Council jurisdiction.

Yours faithfully,

sarah barnett robinson

info, Lancaster City Council

Dear Sarah Barnett Robinson,

Freedom of Information Request - Ref: FOI 4063

Thank you for your request received on 23rd May 2021 in which you asked
for the following information from Lancaster City Council:

 

Please advise the total number of burials and cremations, annually, broken
down by burials and cremations from January 2015 to December 2020 (or the
last full month of data), in the lancaster City Council jurisdiction

 

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

 

Response

 

We do not hold records for the whole district.

We only hold records of public health funerals carried out by this
authority.

The details of these are available on our website:
[1]https://www.lancaster.gov.uk/environment...

 

 

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this office. For details of how to appeal a decision we have made, see
below.

 

 

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Information Governance

Lancaster City Council

Town Hall

Dalton Square

Lancaster

LA1 1PJ

 

Email:  [2][Lancaster City Council request email]

 

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Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

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national rate number

Website:  [3]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

 

 

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Yours sincerely

 

J. McGrath

Information Governance Officer

Deputy Data Protection Officer

 

Lancaster City Council

[4][Lancaster City Council request email]

01524 582000

 

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