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Funerals: Regulation

Written Question House of Commons
Nadia Whittome · Labour Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Parliamentary excerpt

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) what steps she is taking to implement the recommendations of the Fuller Inquiry, particularly in relation to a statutory regulatory scheme for funeral directors; and (b) what consideration has been given to the potential merits of requiring that individuals working with the deceased in funeral homes and other non-NHS settings be subject to a DBS check or similar vetting procedure.

Government answer

Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care

I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on 1 September, available at the following link:

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2026-09-01/hcws295

We will provide further updates in due course, including on progress in implementing the recommendations in the Fuller Inquiry Phase 2 report.

Original parliamentary record