FI16705

Request

1. Burial Fees and Surcharges

• Does the council currently apply a surcharge or increased fee for the burial of individuals who lived outside the borough/council at the time of their death?
• If yes, what is the current "Resident" fee vs. the "Non-Resident" fee for:
  • A standard adult interment (burial).
  • The purchase of the "Exclusive Right of Burial" (the lease for the plot).
• What is the specific criteria used to define a "Non-Resident" (e.g., number of years lived outside the borough)?

2. Financial Data For the most recent completed financial years (2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25), please provide:

• The total gross income received by the council from all burial and cemetery-related payments.
• The total income specifically generated from the non-resident surcharge (i.e., the "extra" amount paid by non-residents above the standard resident rate).
• If the specific surcharge income is not tracked as a separate line item, please provide the total number of non-resident burials conducted in the same financial year.
• If you could provide this info in an Excel spreadsheet that would be great.

3. Policy and Rationale

• Please provide the date when the current non-resident fee structure was brought in

Response

1. As follows:

• Yes.
• The current rate for new single adult interment is £1161.00 and the plot purchase price is £975.00.
• The deceased has to have been living immediately before death in the Dover District Council area otherwise its double fees.

2. This information is attached. The non-resident surcharge is not identified separately however I can advise that in 2022/23 we carried out 5 non-resident interments across the district, in 2023/24 it was 6 and in 2024/25 it was 4.

3. The Council does not hold a record of this date, but the policy has been in place in excess of 20 years.

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