questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of ending the current exemption for Local Authorities from Financial Conduct Authority regulation for pre-need funeral and cremation services.
answerText: The Government legislated in 2021 to bring pre-paid funeral plan providers and intermediaries within the regulatory remit of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This made it illegal for firms to sell pre-paid funeral plans without authorisation from th...
heading: Cremation and Funerals: Pre-payment