Burials and Cremations - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description: Burials and Cremations
FOI Number: 15264
Date Received: 25/05/2021
Type of Request: FOI
Request or Question: Please supply the number of burials and cremations within Scottish Borders Council area for each of the last 5 years (individually 2016-2020, including 2020) and not in "financial" years terms.
Response: 2016 – 593 Burials2017 - 621 Burials2018 – 639 Burials2019 – 580 Burials2020 – 576 Burials
0 cremations for each year as Scottish Borders Council does not have a crematorium. The crematorium near Melrose is privately operated and can be contacted on 01896 823357