Public Health Funeral Details from UK Government Digital Service

Government Digital Service provides data on Assisted Funerals conducted during a rolling year to date. The dataset includes information that the Council can provide regarding Public Health or Assisted Funerals. Data is available in multiple formats including XML, CSV, HTML, and JSON under the UK Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in public health funeral provision based on the rolling year-to-date timeframe mentioned in the description.
• Study the scope of government-assisted services based on the information the Council can provide.
• Cross-reference estate data with the Treasury Solicitor's Department's Bonavacantia portal, as referenced in the description.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative Government Digital Service.
• Available in multiple structured formats (XML, CSV, HTML, JSON) for flexibility.
• Released under the permissive UK Open Government Licence.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Administrative records from Council-assisted funeral services.

Time Range

Rolling year to date

Freshness

Rolling year to date, but specific last update is unknown.

Geography

Likely United Kingdom, based on the organization and licence.