Funerals and Bereavement APPG
First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 06/10/2021
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To provide a forum for the discussion of funeral and bereavement issues.
1. Churches’ Funerals Group
29/11/2019 - Competition and Markets Authority
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Found:
s
Response
from the Churches
Funerals Group
(CFG
) was formed in 1982 by the mainstream
2. Letter to local authorities to work with faith groups and funeral directors to develop safe, sensitive and innovative ways for funerals to take place
17/04/2020 - Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
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Found: develop safe, sensitive and innovative ways for funerals to take place
Letter to all local authorities
3. Support for the bereaved
23/04/2020 - Cabinet Office
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Found: your local council by visiting:
gov.uk/find-bereavement-services-from-council
Preparing for the funeralDuring
4. Department for Work and Pensions - written evidence
22/05/2019 - Inquiry: Support for the bereaved - Work and Pensions Committee
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Found: provide support in recognition of this. Together bereavement benefits and Funeral Expenses Payments provide
5. Richard Blake
29/11/2019 - Competition and Markets Authority
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Found: directors as they would
still offer the traditional funerals currently offered to those who require that
option
1. Bereavement Services
13/02/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: them through the difficult period following bereavement. The Tell Us Once service was introduced to develop - Speech Link
2: cited, insist on slimming down and streamlining “bereavement bureaucracy” and deliver a much better deal for - Speech Link
3: the Government rather controversially reformed bereavement payments to families who had lost a parent. However - Speech Link
2. Covid-19: Medical and Funeral Expenses
28/09/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: by £300. We are also supporting public health funerals by issuing new guidance to local authorities to - Speech Link
2: expenses payment and through the public health funerals programme has been enhanced. In 2018, £6.3 million - Speech Link
3: council days in social services we handled a lot of funerals for people who simply had no money? This is a - Speech Link
3. Bereavement
03/02/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: it.I thank the charities Settld, Cruse Bereavement Care and Sue Ryder, which helped me to prepare - Speech Link
2: being done in the private sector around the bereavement standard and we have the Government’s Tell Us - Speech Link
3: the all-party parliamentary group for funerals and bereavement. I wonder if he could add to his list - Speech Link
4. Paupers' Funerals
05/07/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: friend, or even—the worst nightmare of all—a child. Funerals provide the chance of a final goodbye. They allow - Speech Link
5. Support for the Bereaved
02/03/2017 - Westminster Hall
1: of the Work and Pensions Committee report on bereavement benefits; to give Members an opportunity, from - Speech Link
asked by: John Hayes
31/03/2021
... which Government Department has responsibility for the funeral and death care sector. 2. Funerals
asked by: John Hayes
11/02/2021
... if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a cross-Departmental lead group to assess the issues affecting the funeral and death care sector. 3. Funerals
asked by: David Drew
04/07/2019
... whether she has plans to increase awareness among the relatives of deceased people of (a) direct funerals and (b) other funeral options; and if she will make a statement. 4. Funerals
asked by: Baroness Goudie
11/10/2018
... with a view to appropriate controls being introduced. 5. Funerals
asked by: Neil Gray
12/06/2018
... what the evidential basis is for the statement that the current framework of self-regulation in the funeral plan sector is not sufficient.
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10 Current APPG Officers
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John Hayes
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings
Joined: 8th May 2019Acquired Brain Injury , Craft , Dying Well , Genetic Haemochromatosis , Independent Education , Lebanon , Parks and Green Spaces , Publishing , Skills, Careers and Employment , Taxis
22q11 Syndrome , Bus and Coach Industry , Connected and Automated Mobility , Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture , Game and Wildlife Conservation , Gardening and Horticulture , Heritage Rail , Hormone Pregnancy Tests , Human Microbiome , Science and Technology in Agriculture , Sustainable Resource
Antibiotics , Belgium , Bermuda , Bladder and Bowel Continence Care , Cayman Islands , Deafness , Dying Well , Fair Fuel for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers , Fairs and Showgrounds , Furniture Industry , Future of Aviation , Haiti , Lancashire , Luxembourg , Maldives , Media , Philippines , Rural Business and the Rural Powerhouse , Single Parent Families , United Nations Women , West Coast Main Line , Whistleblowing
Aerospace , Armed Forces , Armed Forces Covenant , Dying Well , Isle of Man (Manx) , Multiple Sclerosis , Pitcairn Islands , Shipbuilding and Ship Repair , War Crimes , War Heritage , Zoos and Aquariums
Adult Education , Apprenticeships , Catalonia , Craft , Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths , Further Education and Lifelong Learning , Independent Education , Modern Languages , Skills, Careers and Employment , T Levels , University , Women and Work
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Burma , Channel Islands , Charities and Volunteering , Côte d’Ivoire , Cycling and Walking , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Eritrea , Financial Resilience , Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Housing and Planning , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Isle of Man (Manx) , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Mentoring , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Parks and Green Spaces , Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative , South Western Railway , Sustainable Resource , Trade Justice , Video Games and Esports , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Women in Parliament , Youth Employment
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Argentina , Caribbean , Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults with Cancer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Film and Broader Screen , Fit and Healthy Childhood , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Human Rights , Iceland , Latin America , Music Education , Peru , Philanthropy and Social Investment , School Food , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Sixth Form Education , University of Hull
Acquired Brain Injury , District Councils , Housing and Planning , Manufacturing , Microplastics , Mining and Quarrying , Motorcycle Speedway , Packaging Manufacturing Industry , Professional Sales , Rugby League , Rugby Union Football Club , Rwanda , Tidy Britain , Vaping
British Jews , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Extraordinary Rendition , Migration
Contact Details
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Sir John Hayes MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 1389.
Email: hayesj@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Sam Webber, JBP Associates. Tel: 07788 750 857
Email: sam.webber@jbp.co.uk
Secretariat:
JBP Associates acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.jbp.co.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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JBP
JBP Associates is paid by the following to act as the group's secretariat: The Association of Private Crematoria and Cemeteries, Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities, Funeral Furnishing Manufacturers' Association, Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management, National Association of Funeral Directors, National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors, The Cremation Society From : 25/02/2021 To : 24/02/2022
£24,001
25 Feb 2020
Brevia Consulting
National Association of Funeral Directors pays Brevia Consulting to act as the group's secretariat From : 25/02/2020 To : 24/02/2021
£25,501
10 Jul 2019
Brevia Consulting
National Association of Funeral Directors pays Brevia Consulting to act as the group's secretariat From : 10/07/2019 To : 09/07/2020
£25,501
10 Jul 2018
Brevia Consulting
National Association of Funeral Directors pays Brevia Consulting to act as the group's secretariat From : 10/07/2018 To : 09/07/2019
£25,501
13 Dec 2017
National Association of Funeral Directors
Christmas luncheon held on 13/12/2017
£1,501
10 Jul 2017
Brevia Consulting
National Association of Funeral Directors pays Brevia Consulting to act as the group's secretariat From : 10/07/2017 To : 09/07/2018
£25,501
14 Dec 2016
National Association of Funeral Directors
Christmas luncheon
£1,501
24 Jun 2016
Brevia Consulting
National Association of Funeral Directors pays Brevia Consulting to act as the group's secretariat From : 24/06/2016 To : 23/06/2017
£25,501
1 Jan 2016
Brevia Consulting
National Association of Funeral Directors pays Brevia Consulting to act as the group's secretariat From : 01/01/2016 To : 31/12/2016
£25,501
16 Dec 2015
National Association of Funeral Directors
Christmas lunch for the APPG
£1,501
1 Jan 2015
Brevia Consulting
National Association of Funeral Directors pays Brevia Consulting to act as the group's secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
£25,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Funerals and Bereavement APPG
Former APPG Officers
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David Amess
Vice Chair
Conservative - Southend West
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 21st April 2021
Allergy , Bermuda , British Overseas Territories , Caribbean , Endometriosis , Epilepsy , Fairs and Showgrounds , Fire Safety and Rescue , Food and Health , Hairdressing, Barbering and Cosmetology , Human-Relevant Science , Learning Disability , Liechtenstein , Maldives , Maternity , Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies , Olympic and Paralympic Games , Parkinson's , Performing Arts Education and Training , Pharmacy , Philately , Philippines , Photography , Publishing , Qatar , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Recovery from Addictions , San Marino , Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia , Zoos and Aquariums
Baroness Burt of Solihull
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Diana Johnson
Vice Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Argentina , Caribbean , Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults with Cancer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Film and Broader Screen , Fit and Healthy Childhood , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Human Rights , Iceland , Latin America , Music Education , Peru , Philanthropy and Social Investment , School Food , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Sixth Form Education , University of Hull
Alternative Lending , Broadband and Digital Communication , Commonwealth Games , Cricket , Fair Business Banking , Fair Fuel for UK Motorists and UK Hauliers , Financial Education for Young People , Golf , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Motor , New and Advanced Technologies , Night Time Economy , Pension Clawback , Snooker , University of Hull
Ronnie Cowan
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Inverclyde
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
Catalonia , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Drug Policy Reform , Gambling Related Harm , Medical Cannabis under Prescription