Gina O’Connell
Your Ref:
Our Ref:
FOI 313/21/Env/MB
Please ask for: M Bussey
Email:
request-765158-
Direct Dialling: 01909 533533
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Email:
xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
18th June 2021
Dear Ms O’Connell
I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act Ref 313/21 dated 14th June 2021, requesting
information on the number of burials / cremations for the years 2015 to 2020.
Whilst the Act confers a general right of access to information held by public authorities, Section 1 provides that
any person making a request for information to a public authority is entitled:-
a)
To be informed in writing by the public authority whether it holds information of the description
specified in the request; and
b)
If that is the case to have that information communicated to him’, subject to the effect of the
exemptions in Part 11 of the Act.
Therefore pursuant to the Council’s duty to confirm or deny whether or not it holds the information requested I
can confirm the following:-
1. Please can you provide the number of cremations and the number of burials for the years 2015 to 2020.
Bassetlaw District Council is a burial authority and as such the figures attached below are for internments
only. The information is provided from 1st Jan to 31st December each year.
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Ashes Internments
94
96
90
109
84
114
Burials
181
159
159
187
148
178
If you are dissatisfied with the Freedom of Information response set out in this letter you are able to utilise the
Council’s complaints procedure which allows one right of review via this system. Details can be found using
the link below:
http://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/everything-else/about-us/complaints-compliments.aspx
If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint the Act confers a further right to
complain to the Information Commissioner at
www.ico.gov.uk . During the current circumstances with the
Coronavirus Pandemic the ICO are asking if possible to be contacted online and not to correspond by post. You
can also call them on 0303 123 1113 or via email
xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx . However the Information Commissioner
will not usually consider a complaint if the complainant has not utilised their one right of review via the Council’s
complaints procedure.
I trust this answers your query fully.
Yours sincerely
M Bussey
ENVIRONMENT SERVICES.