The council provides a section within cemeteries for burying those without next of kin and without the means to pay for their own burial
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has been reviewing its Public Health Burial Policy due to a rise in demand.
It stated: “With public health burials apparently on the rise, a policy is required to deliver consistency in approach, ensure the dignity of the deceased and minimise the cost to council.“No costs have been recovered to date with the most recent burial costing council £850 in funeral director fees alone.”
Local authorities have a duty to bury or cremate the body of any person who has died or been found dead in its district where it appears to the borough council that no suitable arrangements for the disposal of the body have or are being made under the Welfare Services Act 1971 within criteria where there are no relatives, friends or other bodies willing or able to take responsibility.
However, The National Association of Funeral Directors has said the use of the term “pauper” is “outdated and no longer an acceptable term in the modern era” and suggests the use of a term such as “public health funeral” instead.
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