Various questions on costs of funerals, including availability of price lists & other information, greater compliance of funeral directors with Office of Fair Trading code of practice, publicity for basic funeral & its specifications, details of charges & action on OFT recommendations

Various questions on costs of funerals, including availability of price lists & other information, greater compliance of funeral directors with Office of Fair Trading code of practice, publicity for basic funeral & its specifications, details of charges & action on OFT recommendations

To ease criteria for social security payment of funeral costs in light of findings of Office of Fair Trading that estate of a deceased person or insurance payments fails to meet full cost of funeral in 28% of cases & social security payments contribute in 3% of cases.

To ease criteria for social security payment of funeral costs in light of findings of Office of Fair Trading that estate of a deceased person or insurance payments fails to meet full cost of funeral in 28% of cases & social security payments contribute in 3% of cases.

To what factors OFT attributes its findings that people over 65 years arranging a funeral were offered basic funeral less often than others, received less advice & were more likely to receive no price information at all & that widows & widowers also received less advice & were less likely...

To what factors OFT attributes its findings that people over 65 years arranging a funeral were offered basic funeral less often than others, received less advice & were more likely to receive no price information at all & that widows & widowers also received less advice & were less likely...