FOI Request - Crematoria Facilities

Request 101003650650

Please could you provide the following information for all crematoria facilities under your authority.

If your authority is responsible for multiple crematoria, please provide data for each crematorium separately.

Questions are listed in order of priority.

1. Energy Consumption and Cost:

(a)  How much energy, in kilowatt-hours (kWh), was consumed via cremations for each of the past four years (YE 31st March, latest year being YE 31st March 2024)? I refer only to the energy consumption of the cremation itself, as opposed to ancillary energy use in the crematorium. If this information is not available, please provide total Scope 1 emissions from cremations over the same period as an alternative.

(b) Could you please provide data on the cost of this energy consumption for each of the past four years (YE 31st March, latest year being YE 31st March 2024)?

2. Cremation Pricing and Frequency:

(a)  Could you please provide data on the average revenue received for an attended and an unattended cremation for each of the past four years (YE 31st March, latest year being YE 31st March 2024)? I refer to cremation fees charged.

Please provide separate answers for attended and unattended cremations, where possible.

(b)  What is the total number of attended and unattended cremations that have taken place for each of the past four years (YE 31st March, latest year being YE 31st March 2024) in your crematorium? Please provide separate answers for attended and unattended cremations, where possible.

(c)  Please also provide data on ‘ancillary’ cremation revenue received for each of the past four years (YE 31st March, latest year being YE 31st March 2024). By ancillary, I refer to any additional revenues received related to cremations, but outside of the core cremation fee. For example: cremation memorials / cremation plots, provision of in-house celebrant, photo tributes, etc.. Please provide data on this revenue broken down by type of revenue as is possible.

Response 28-10-2024

1. & 2. Not applicable to Moray  - Moray Council does not operate a crematorium.