Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

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.

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.