Public Health Funerals

Information about public health funerals, people who have died with no known next of kin, bona vacantia estates and estates which have been referred to the Treasury Solicitor, or Duchy of Lancaster or Cornwall.

This information will be updated with information relating to public health funerals quarterly.

Public Health Funerals
Date of Death	Gender	Age	Place of Death	Type of Funeral	Next of Kin/Will	Treasury Solicitors	Cost of Funeral
02/09/2024	Female	82	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
11/09/2024	Female	71	Penarth	Cremation	No	No	£1,077.00
19/06/2024	Male	69	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
26/05/2024	Female	47	Penarth	Cremation	No	No	£995.00
06/06/2024	Female	60	Penarth	Burial	No	No	£3,020.00
29/04/2024	Male	67	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,077.00
04/03/2024	Male	95	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,077.00
08/02/2024	Female	86	Barry	Cremation	No	No	£995.00
27/01/2024	Female	87	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
17/12/2023	Male	29	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
14/09/2023	Female	86	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,077.00
17/08/2023	Male	71	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
18/06/2023	Male	66	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
14/06/2023	Female	50	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,077.00
25/04/2023	Male	65	Penarth	Cremation	No	No	£995.00
28/02/2023	Male	83	Penarth	Cremation	No	No	£1,077.00
27/12/2022	Male	67	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
17/11/2022	Female	70	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
05/10/2022	Female	58	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
28/06/2022	Male	65	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
03/06/2022	Male	58	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
29/05/2022	Male	64	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
25/05/2022	Male	65	Penarth	Cremation	No	No	£995.00
05/03/2022	Male	65	Penarth	Cremation	No	No	£1,077.00
20/10/2021	Male	66	St Athan	Cremation	No	No	£1,077.00
18/05/2021	Male	45	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
17/05/2021	Male	63	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
30/03/2021	Male	58	Barry	Cremation	No	No	£995.00
12/03/2021	Male	53	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,077.00
22/12/2020	Male	64	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,077.00
18/12/2020	Male	63	Barry	Cremation	No	No	£1,077.00
09/11/2020	Male	72	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,077.00
27/08/2020	Male	73	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,077.00
13/08/2020	Male	85	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
16/06/2020	Male	80	Barry	Cremation	No	No	£995.00
31/05/2020	Female	81	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,077.00
16/04/2020	Male	79	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,077.00
02/04/2020	Male	54	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,077.00
26/03/2020	Female	27	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
15/03/2020	Female	45	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
08/03/2020	Female	76	Penarth	Cremation	No	No	£1,159.00
02/03/2020	Female	25	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
17/01/2020	Male	71	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,159.00
06/01/2020	Male	64	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
11/11/2019	Male	63	Dinas Powys	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
25/10/2019	Female	65	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,159.00
06/10/2019	Male	51	Penarth	Cremation	No	No	£995.00
07/08/2019	Male	72	Barry	Cremation	No	No	£995.00
25/07/2019	Male	73	Llantwit Major	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
05/03/2019	Male	43	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
16/01/2019	Female	69	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,159.00
25/10/2018	Male	58	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,159.00
21/09/2018	Female	50	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
11/07/2018	Male	66	Barry	Cremation	No	No	£995.00
18/03/2018	Male	82	Sully	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,078.00
06/09/2017	Male	81	Penarth	Burial	Yes	No	£3,842.00
29/06/2017	Male	68	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,159.00
29/04/2017	Male	74	Penarth	Cremation	No	No	£1,159.00
02/03/2017	Female	78	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
06/10/2016	Male	57	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
24/09/2016	Male	89	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,159.00
14/08/2016	Male	58	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
12/08/2016	Male	78	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,159.00
10/07/2016	Male	65	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
03/05/2016	Male	58	Barry	Cremation	Yes	Yes	£1,241.00
15/06/2016	Male	61	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,159.00
04/04/2016	Male	55	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
20/03/2016	Male	67	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,159.00
04/01/2016	Male	58	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,159.00
05/12/2015	Male	65	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
11/10/2015	Male	45	Penarth	Burial	Yes	No	£1,416.00
27/09/2015	Female	50	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
14/09/2015	Male	76	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,159.00
21/08/2015	Male	61	Penarth	Cremation	No	No	£995.00
03/08/2015	Female	63	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,174.00
13/02/2015	Male	47	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
05/07/2014	Male	50	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
14/05/2014	Male	85	Penarth	Cremation	No	No	£995.00
18/03/2014	Male	86	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,152.00
14/01/2014	Male	47	Barry	Cremation	Yes	No	£995.00
09/12/2013	Male	73	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,215.00
05/12/2013	Male	75	Cowbridge	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,177.50
05/08/2013	Female	61	Penarth	Burial	Yes	No	£1,000.00
27/05/2013	Male	54	Penarth	Cremation	Yes	No	£1,222.00
26/06/2012	Male	54	Barry	Burial	Yes	Yes	£1,021.00
14/04/2012	Male	48	Penarth	Burial	No	No	£765.00
26/02/2012	Female	56	Penarth	Burial	Yes	No	£564.00
19/02/2012	Male	59	Penarth	Burial	Yes	No	£795.00
19/09/2010	Female	67	Penarth	Burial	Yes	No	£822.00
30/06/2010	Male	86	Barry	Burial	Yes	No	£1245.00
17/03/2010	Female	65	Barry	Burial	No	No	£681.72
25/01/2010	Male	85	Llantwit Major	Burial	No	No	£945.00

Exemption of Updated Information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

There are relatively few public health funerals in the Vale of Glamorgan and, therefore, we consider that publication of this on a case by case basis is reasonable. The provision of updated information before the next planned update will be exempted under Section 22 of the Act as it is information that we hold with the intention of publishing at some future date, as specified above.

Exemption of Additional Information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

We apply the following exemptions to the release of any further information about public health funerals, people who have died with no known next of kin, bona vacantia estates and estates which have been referred to the Treasury Solicitor, or Duchy of Lancaster or Cornwall.

Section 21- Information Reasonably Accessible to the Applicant by another Means - The Council’s reason for applying this exemption is that details of all deaths within the Vale of Glamorgan are registered. Deaths can be registered at any Registry Office and contact details of all those within The Vale of Glamorgan can be found on our registration page. Information that the council holds on estates passed, or estates to be passed, to the Treasury Solicitor, is considered to be held on behalf of the Treasury Solicitor’s Department. Some details of the estate of those persons who have died and which have been passed to the Treasury Solicitor can be accessed via the Treasury Solicitor’s website or via the Bona Vacantia website.
Section 31 – Law Enforcement -Revealing details of the assets of an estate before the Treasury Solicitor has undertaken their own enquiries would provide an opportunity for criminal acts to be committed (for example, theft or fraud). Similarly, there would be concerns about making the last known address of the deceased public, as the property is likely to be unoccupied and might still contain the deceased’s personal papers and effects.

There is also a continuing risk after the estate has been secured of, for example, identity theft. Taking into account the above issues, the council considers that there is no over-riding public interest in releasing the information requested. Any public interest would be best served by upholding the exemption under Section 31 of the Act as disclosure of the information would be likely to prejudice the prevention of crime by enabling or encouraging the commission of offences.

Applicants should be aware that the exemption of additional information under Section 21 and Section 31 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 has been upheld by an Internal Review.

The Vale of Glamorgan Council does not have any involvement and has not paid for the services of an exorcist, psychic or religious healer.