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Public Health Funerals
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Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, I request the following information as it pertains to your local authority:
1. How many public health funerals did you conduct in each of the last three reported years?
2022: 3
2021: 2
2020: 0
2. What was the average cost before recovering of funds of conducting a public health funeral in each of the last three reported years?
2022: 1648.17
2021: 1099.79
2020: N/A
3. What is the average proportion of costs of public health funerals that have been recovered in each of the last three reported years?
2022: 30%
2021: 0%
2020: N/A
4. How many public health funerals did you conduct in each of the last three reported years where the cause of death was related to the use of illicit drugs?
We do not hold this information.