Burials and Cremations Jan 2015 - Dec 2020

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Dear Newport City Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I formally request that you provide me with the following information.

The total number of burials and cremations in your County Borough Council jurisdiction from Jan 2015 to Dec 2020 listed separately and annually.

If it is not possible to list burials and cremations separately it will be acceptable to list them together.

Yours faithfully,

Matthew Dando

Newport City Council

Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your request for information about :

Number of burials and cremation from Jan 2015 to Dec 2020

Received on 18/06/2021

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Information Management

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NCC - Information Management, Newport City Council

Dear Matthew Dando,

 

Thank you for your recent request for information which I have enclosed
below for ease of reference. Your request has been treated in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.

 

Your Request :  REQ09165

 

The total number of burials and cremations in your County Borough Council
jurisdiction from Jan 2015 to Dec 2020 listed separately and annually.

 

I can confirm that we do hold information that falls within the scope of
your request. The answers to your questions have been provided in Red Text
below

 

 

These figures do not include deaths that occurred within Newport where the
individual was cremated or buried outside of Newport.  The figures
provided relate only to cremations and burials that were recorded within
Newport.

 

 

TOTAL PER YEAR

                                   2020       2019       2018      
2017       2016       2015

Cremation                2087       2301       2434       2945      
2948       2913 

Burial                         391           301         364        
355          298         326   

Combined Total       2478       2602       2798       3300      
3246       3239    

 

In the period 2015 – 2020 there were a total of 17,663 cremations/burials
with Newport.

 

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Regards

Information Management

 

 

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iaith. Byddwn yn cyfathrebu â chi yn ôl eich dewis. Ni fydd gohebu yn
Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.

The Council welcomes correspondence in English or Welsh or both, and will
respond to you according to your preference. Corresponding in Welsh will
not lead to delay.

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confidential, the subject of legal or professional privilege, or be
otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient
of this message, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose,
distribute or copy the email to any other party. This email and any
attached file are the property of Newport City Council.

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Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn
unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu
broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad
chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod
i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i
unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo
i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.

Pan fyddwch yn anfon e-bost at Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd, rydych yn cydsynio
i’r Cyngor fonitro a darllen unrhyw e-byst o’r fath at ddibenion
cydymffurfio â diogelwch ac â deddfwriaeth. I weld yr ymwadiad llawn ewch
i http://www.newport.gov.uk/ymwadiad

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Dear NCC - Information Management,

Thank you for your response to my request. The information provided is difficult to understand, in regards to what figures are connected to the date. are the dates running from 2015 to 2020 or from 2020 to 2015?

Yours sincerely,

Matthew Dando

NCC - Information Management, Newport City Council

Dear Mr Dando,

 

I have added the figures into a table to make them easier to read. They
run from 2020 down to 2015.

 

These figures do not include deaths that occurred within Newport where the
individual was cremated or buried outside of Newport.  The figures
provided relate only to cremations and burials that were recorded within
Newport.

 

TOTAL PER YEAR                      

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  |2020 |2019 |2018 |2017 |2016 |2015 |
|------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
|Cremation                |2087 |2301 |2434 |2945 |2948 |2913 |
|------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
|Burial                        |391 |301 |364 |355 |298 |326 |
|------------------------------+------+------+------+------+------+------|
|Combined Total       |2478 |2602 |2798 |3300 |3246 |3239 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

In the period 2015 - 2020 there were a total of 17,663 cremations/burials
with Newport.

 

Kind regards,

Information Management

 

 

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Dear NCC - Information Management,

Thank you, this is very much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Matthew Dando