FOI Request – Public Health Funerals

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Vale of White Horse District Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

To whom it may concern,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my enquiry as specifically as possible. However, if this request is too wide or unclear, please feel free to contact me for clarification.

I am looking for information about the amount of money spent by councils on public health funerals, also known as paupers’ funerals.

As such, I would really appreciate answers to the following questions:

1. How many public health funerals has the council carried out in each month of the 2020/21 financial year, to date?

2. How much has the council spent on carrying out public health funerals in each month of the 2020/21 financial year, to date?

3. How many public health funerals did the council carry out in each month of the 2018/19 and 2019/20 financial years?

4. How much did the council spend carrying out public health funerals in each month of the 2018/19 and 2019/20 financial years?

I understand that under the Act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days. I would be grateful if you would confirm in writing that you have received this request.

I would really appreciate your help with this request – I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Ramzy Alwakeel

FOI Vale, Vale of White Horse District Council

Dear Ramzy Alwakeel

Thank you for your Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulation request which was received by Vale of White Horse District Council on: 10 August 2020.

Please accept this email as confirmation that your request has been received and forwarded to the relevant department and a response will be sent to you within 20 working days, subject to the information not being exempt.

The deadline for this will be: 8 September 2020

The reference number for this request is: Vale 20/237

I trust that this email is sufficient to assure you that your request is being dealt with. However, should you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team at [Vale of White Horse District Council request email]

Kind regards

FOI Team
 
Customer Engagement
Vale of White Horse District Council

www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

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Vale of White Horse District Council

You recently contacted Vale of White Horse District Council Food and Safety team. We would be interested to know your views on the service we provided.

We would be grateful if you could complete this short survey, the survey is anonymous and will only take a couple of minutes to complete.

The aim of the survey is to assess the level of satisfaction with the service provided by the Food and Safety team and to help us identify any areas which could be improved upon.

The following link will take you to the survey:

<https://survey.southandvale.gov.uk/s/foo...>

Thank you, in advance, for taking part.