Annual Statistics 1998

National Cremation Statistics

      Year    Operating       New          Deaths**    Cremations    Percentage
              Crematoria   Crematoria

      1960       148          17           588,032       204,019       34.70
      1970       206           2           638,834       353,957       55.41
      1980       220           1           644,684       420,717       65.26
      1981       220           0           642,268       421,597       65.64
      1982       221           1           646,883       430,453       66.54
      1983       221           0           643,062       431,531       67.11
      1984       221           1*          629,226       421,571       67.00
      1985       222           1           654,701       443,687       67.77
      1986       223           1           644,670       441,021       68.41
      1987       223           0           632,431       431,930       68.30
      1988       223           0           637,104       436,850       68.57
      1989       225           2           645,125       437,653       67.84
      1990       225           0           629,629       438,066       69.58
      1991       225           0           634,339       441,108       69.54
      1992       226           1           622,410       437,000       70.21
      1993       227           1           646,477       453,045       70.08
      1994       228           1           616,719       434,223       70.41
      1995       229           3*          634,180       445,574       70.26
      1996       230           1           624,710       445,934       71.38
      1997       234           4           618,530       446,305       72.16
      1998       238           4           614,910+      439,145       71.42+
   *    Includes replacement of existing crematorium.
   **   Sources ONS & General Register Office, Scotland, Crown copyright.
   +    Provisional figures as at July 1999.

Cremation Comparisons

  CREMATORIA carrying out the HIGHEST          COUNTIES carrying out the HIGHEST NUMBER
     NUMBER OF cremations in 1998                      of cremations in 1998

ELTHAM                             4,325   LONDON               (24 crematoria)     44,453
PORTCHESTER                        4,258   SCOTLAND             (21 crematoria)     34,684
RUISLIP                            4,224   WEST MIDLANDS        (12 crematoria)     23,550
GLASGOW (DALDOWIE)                 4,171   GREATER  MANCHESTER  (12 crematoria)     21,800
SOUTH ESSEX                        4,126   WALES                (12 crematoria)     19,947
BOLTON                             3,938   YORKSHIRE WEST       (11 crematoria)     17,204
SOUTHAMPTON                        3,930   ESSEX                 (7 crematoria)     15,329
CITY OF LONDON                     3,911   TYNE & WEAR           (8 crematoria)     13,438
MIDDLESBOROUGH                     3,715   KENT                  (7 crematoria)     13,263
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE                3,715   MERSEYSIDE            (6 crematoria)     13,126


CREMATORIA having the highest percentage         CREMATORIA which have carried out MOST
    INCREASES on previous full year                  cremations since date of opening.

OLDHAM                            65.53%   GOLDERS GREEN (1902)                    301,660
WAKEFIELD                         61.21%   LONDON (City of) (1904)	           215,358
KEIGHLEY                          46.17%   MANCHESTER (Chorlton-cum-Hardy) (1892)  215,348
SHIPLEY                           43.33%   ENFIELD (1938)                          202,540
TYNEMOUTH                         34.50%   EDINBURGH (Warriston) (1929)            201,605
PLYMOUTH (Efford)                 31.60%   NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (1934)              199,725
LIVERPOOL (Anfield)               26.72%   LONDON (South) (1936)                   193,028
HUDDERSFIELD                      20.22%   NOTTINGHAM (1931)                       187,084
BIRMINGHAM (Sutton Coldfield)     12.81%   BOURNEMOUTH (1938)                      186,250
MOUNTSETT                         11.52%   SHEFFIELD (City Road) (1904)            179,785


         CREMATORIA carrying out the MOST (recorded) CATHOLIC CREMATIONS in 1998

LIVERPOOL (Anfield)                  585   MIDDLESBROUGH                               408
ST HELENS                            543   MANCHESTER (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)             407
GLASGOW (Daldowie)                   522   BIRKENHEAD                                  398
PRESTON                              424   GLASGOW (The Linn)                          393
BOLTON                               416   LONDON (West)                               365

     List of the first ten and the last ten CREMATORIA to be opened in Great Britain

WOKING, Surrey                      1885   HARWOOD PARK, Hertfordshire    10 February 1997
MANCHESTER (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)     1892   EAST RIDING, Yorkshire              27 May 1997
GLASGOW (Maryhill) Scotland         1895   HOLMSFORD BRIDGE, Scotland      30 October 1997
LIVERPOOL (Anfield) Merseyside      1896   BASILDON & DISTRICT, Essex        30 April 1998
HULL, Humberside                    1901   BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire              1 June 1998
DARLINGTON, Durham                  1901   HALTEMPRICE, Yorkshire             29 June 1998
LEICESTER, Leics.                   1902   GRENOSIDE, Sheffield, Yorkshire  14 August 1998
GOLDERS GREEN, London               1902   BANBURY, Oxfordshire           15 February 1999
BIRMINGHAM (Perry Barr) West Mids.  1903   HOWE BRIDGE, Greater Manchester      6 May 1999
LONDON (City of)                    1904   MORAY, Scotland                       June 1999

Table of Cremations Carried Out In The United Kingdom

The Cremation Society acknowledges with thanks the co-operation of the Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities in compiling these statistics

* The total crematorium charges include the following services: Use of chapel, waiting rooms and all attendances,
	Floral Decoration, Music (recorded or organ), Scattering/strewing of ashes, Medical Referee's Fee.
		  
                              Jan-Dec Jan-Dec  Total Since  1998 Total    RCs     April 1998  April 1999    *Total
CREMATORIA                      1997    1998     Opening    for County  Recorded  Cremation   Cremation   Crematorium
                                                                                  Fee from    Fee from    Charges from

AVON (6)
Bath                            2,247   2,185     94,793                  N/R       245.00     255.00      255.00
Bristol(Arno's Vale)              169      28    102,827                                            C L O S E D
Bristol(Canford)                2,107   2,071     96,712       9,412       83       245.00     262.80      262.80
Bristol(South)                  1,942   1,989     43,690                   45       245.00     262.80      262.80
Westerleigh                     1,528   1,526      8,425                   39       250.00     260.00      260.00
Weston Super Mare               1,752   1,613     42,081                   64       250.00     260.00      260.00

BEDFORDSHIRE (2)
Bedford                         1,473   1,411     49,417                   37       190.00     200.00      218.50
Luton                           2,351   2,087     88,350       3,498      N/R       180.00     193.00      210.00

BERKSHIRE (3)
Bracknell                       1,583   1,556     31,604                   56       215.00     250.00      250.00
Reading                         2,298   2,259     95,917       5,568      110       215.00     235.00      235.00
Slough                          1,799   1,753     55,745                  118       180.00     190.00      190.00

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (2)
Amersham (Chilterns)            3,043   2,965     77,620                  N/R       175.00     185.00      185.00
Milton Keynes                   1,470   1,518     19,930       4,483      N/R       238.00     256.00      256.00

CAMBRIDGESHIRE (2)
Cambridge                       2,967   2,806    111,980                  N/R       239.00     275.00      275.00
Peterborough                    2,214   2,221     71,750       5,027      N/R       205.00     215.00      215.00

CHESHIRE (5)
Chester                         1,741   1,749    54,085                   144       175.00     195.00      195.00
Crewe                           1,166   1,175    37,554                   N/R       190.50     200.50      200.50
Macclesfield                    1,528   1,624    43,146       6,935       N/R       194.00     199.10      199.10
Warrington                      1,703   1,748    51,760                   236       208.00     223.00      223.00
Widnes                            622     639    21,279                   N/R       191.25     211.00      211.00

CLEVELAND (2)
Hartlepool                        891     893    35,309                    79       190.00     199.00      199.00
Middlesbrough                   3,642   3,715   116,044       4,608       408       227.00     244.00      244.00

CORNWALL (2)
Bodmin                            949   1,016     7,617                    34       235.00     250.00      250.00
Truro                           2,721   2,553    86,488       3,569        70       170.00     170.00      170.00

CUMBRIA (3)
Barrow-in-Furness                 895     913    29,601                   N/R       209.00     214.00      214.00
Carlisle                        1,706   1,729    58,436       3,489       N/R       235.00     243.00      243.00
Distington (Whitehaven)           813     847    19,443                    77       209.90     214.90      214.90

DERBYSHIRE (2)
Chesterfield                    2,216   2,213    70,574                    54       129.00     133.00      133.00
Derby                           3,183   3,132   131,020       5,345       101       208.50     214.75      214.75

DEVON (5)
Barnstaple                      1,360   1,372    34,525                    36       185.00     200.00      214.00
Exeter                          3,353   3,399   102,752                   108       250.00     275.00      275.00
Plymouth (Efford)               1,522   2,003    84,146      10,295       N/R       212.00     222.50      222.50
Plymouth (Weston Mill)          1,405     823    43,730                   N/R       212.00     222.50      222.50
Torquay                         2,711   2,698   100,243                    72       220.00     230.00      230.00

DORSET (3)
Bournemouth                     3,869   3,566   186,250                   138       191.70     209.80      209.80
Poole                           2,404   2,499    27,555       7,169       N/R       188.70     212.80      212.80
Weymouth                        1,161   1,104    49,033                   N/R       230.00     237.00      237.00

DURHAM (2)
Darlington                      1,768   1,876    85,459                   N/R       190.00     200.00      200.00
Durham                          2,424   2,244    67,855       4,120        75       125.00     145.00      145.00

ESSEX (7)
Basildon (opened April 98)                843       843                   N/R       229.00     240.00      240.00
Chelmsford                      2,606   2,571    66,113                   N/R       185.00     200.00      200.00
Colchester                      1,610   1,477    76,664                   N/R       200.00     212.00      212.00
Harlow                          1,913   1,710    46,199      15,329        65       196.00     205.00      205.00
Southend-on-Sea                 3,337   2,994   124,349                   N/R       229.00     236.00      236.00
South Essex                     4,751   4,126   138,004                   203       200.00     230.00      230.00
Weeley                          1,546   1,608    18,373                    59       216.00     223.00      223.00

GLOUCESTERSHIRE (3)
Cheltenham                      2,127   2,016    85,819                   N/R       190.00     232.00      232.00
Forest of Dean (opened Jan 97)    577     592     1,169       4,205        16       225.00     240.00      240.00
Gloucester                      1,626   1,597    62,979                   N/R       203.50     219.00      219.00

HAMPSHIRE (4)
Aldershot                       2,583   2,201    73,760                   N/R       195.00     235.00      235.00
Basingstoke (opened June 98)              550       550                    31                  248.00      248.00
Portchester                     4,402   4,258   142,590      10,939       N/R       182.00     195.00      195.00
Southampton                     3,991   3,930   155,905                   N/R       201.00     221.00      221.00

HEREFORD & WORCESTER (3)
Hereford                        1,272   1,297    38,421                   N/R       190.00     209.00      224.00
Redditch                        1,012   1,127    19,287       4,354       N/R       220.00     240.00      240.00
Worcester                       2,003   1,930    57,965                   N/R       205.00     210.00      210.00

HERTFORDSHIRE (2)
Harwood Park (opened Feb 97)    1,186   1,665     2,851                   N/R       210.00     225.00      225.00
West Hertfordshire              3,465   3,300   130,272       4,965       186       195.00     200.00      200.00

HUMBERSIDE (3)
Great Grimsby                   1,818   1,764    70,719                   N/R       195.00     222.00      222.00
Hull                            3,398   2,912   141,932       6,214       N/R       275.00     283.00      283.00
Scunthorpe                      1,434   1,538    40,876                    37       209.00     220.00      220.00

ISLE OF MAN (1)
Douglas                           625     602    16,643         602        56       252.00     260.00      260.00

ISLE OF WIGHT (1)
Whippingham                     1,438   1,418    44,925       1,418        56       242.00     249.00      252.00

KENT (7)
Barham                          2,565   2,352    90,839                   N/R       204.00     234.00      234.00
Charing                         1,460   1,401    91,922                   N/R       204.00     234.00      234.00
Folkestone                        679     754    28,962                   N/R       185.00     230.00      230.00
Maidstone                       2,126   1,960    59,945                    71       207.00     220.00      220.00
Margate                         1,873   1,807    54,596      13,263       N/R       164.00     173.00      173.00
Medway                          2,891   2,807    91,434                   120       175.00     215.00      215.00
Tunbridge Wells                 2,247   2,182    74,411                   N/R       205.00     225.00      225.00

LANCASHIRE (7)
Accrington                      1,012     982    38,722                   127       170.00     180.00      180.00
Blackburn                       1,610   1,543    54,966                   253       192.00     217.00      217.00
Blackpool                       1,940   2,096   125,723                   222       210.00     216.50      216.50
Burnley                         1,929   1,669    69,618      11,286       N/R       176.00     190.00      190.00
Lancaster & Morecambe           1,927   2,034    63,661                   118       225.00     250.00      250.00
Lytham St Annes                 1,829   1,387    48,420                   N/R       175.00     185.00      185.00
Preston                         1,662   1,575    56,658                   424       198.00     214.00      214.00

LEICESTERSHIRE (2)
Leicester                       3,725   3,698   154,402                   N/R       192.00     197.00      197.00
Loughborough                    1,741   1,644    49,514       5,342        56       230.00     250.00      250.00

LINCOLNSHIRE (3)
Boston                          1,784   1,855    42,281                   N/R       175.00     185.00      185.00
Grantham                        1,074   1,183    27,416       4,769        41       206.00     216.00      216.00
Lincoln                         1,776   1,731    41,651                    76       167.20     172.20      172.20

LONDON (24)
Beckenham                       2,340   2,243    86,135                   N/R       255.00     280.00      280.00
Croydon                         2,281   2,089   134,149                   N/R       248.00     255.00      255.00
Eltham                          4,415   4,325   157,073                   266       220.00     250.00      250.00
Enfield                         3,139   2,958   202,540                   N/R       220.00     235.00      245.00
Golders Green                   2,434   2,327   301,660                   153       255.00     270.00      270.00
Hendon                            806     825    45,117                   220       183.00     189.00      189.00
Honor Oak                       1,522   1,456   115,375                   N/R       226.00     233.00      233.00
Islington                       1,051   1,045    44,924                   N/R       175.00     187.70      187.70
Kingston-upon-Thames              940     973    58,750                    81       221.00     235.00      235.00
Lambeth                           954     868    40,810                    75       240.00     248.00      248.00
Lewisham                        1,822   1,733    69,428                   N/R       225.00     225.00      225.00
London (City of)                4,154   3,911   215,358                   N/R       241.00     256.00      256.00
London (East)                     837     802    23,900                    82       210.00     220.00      220.00
London (South)                  1,514   1,471   193,028      44,453       N/R       240.00     265.00      265.00
London (West)                   1,551   1,459    70,179                   365       195.00     215.00      215.00
Manor Park                        704     671    34,063                   N/R       195.00     225.00      225.00
Mortlake                        2,613   2,481   143,196                   N/R       170.00     170.00      170.00
New Southgate                     942     863    29,176                   N/R       200.00     225.00      235.00
North East Surrey               2,027   2,001    69,239                   N/R       190.00     190.00      190.00
Putney Vale                     1,758   1,777    94,172                   177       160.00     225.00      225.00
Ruislip                         4,267   4,224   166,797                   N/R       155.00     170.00      170.00
St Marylebone                     836     794    76,367                    97       215.00     230.00      230.00
South West Middlesex            2,766   2,593   119,327                   N/R       150.00     155.00      155.00
West Norwood                      605     564    35,308                   N/R       240.00     248.00      248.00

MANCHESTER (GREATER) (13)
Altrincham                      1,879   1,977    58,105                   N/R       201.00     225.50      225.50
Atherton (Howe)                                                                  	       225.00      225.00
Bolton                          4,035   3,938   158,378                   416       195.00     205.00      205.00
Dukinfield                      2,240   2,175    85,001                   N/R       205.00     215.00      230.00
Eccles                            914     828    42,088                   N/R       220.00     227.00      227.00
Manchester (Blackley)           1,593   1,343    51,431                   N/R       217.50     220.00      220.00
Manchester (Chorlton-cum-Hardy) 2,571   2,703   215,348                   407       188.00     180.00      192.00
Middleton                         779     475    22,216      21,800       N/R       195.00     215.00      215.00
Oldham                          1,056   1,748    67,880                   186       163.00     233.00      233.00
Rochdale                        1,476   1,512    90,928                   N/R       195.00     215.00      215.00
Salford                         1,253   1,196    45,798                   N/R       215.00     227.00      227.00
Stockport                       2,501   2,477   121,677                   N/R       218.00     225.00      232.00
Wigan                           1,391   1,428    49,893                   N/R       157.50     170.00      170.00

MERSEYSIDE (6)
Birkenhead                      3,160   3,215   131,883                   398       185.00     185.00      185.00
Liverpool (Anfield)             1,527   1,935   151,788                   585       186.00     188.80      188.80
Liverpool (Springwood)          2,816   2,403    52,658      13,126       N/R       220.00     227.00      227.00
St Helens                       2,383   2,162    53,724                   543       141.00     151.00      151.00
Southport                       1,897   1,856    59,148                   N/R       170.00     175.00      175.00
Thornton (Crosby)               1,836   1,555    45,374                   N/R       170.00     175.00      175.00

NORFOLK (4)
Great Yarmouth                  1,793   1,837    41,535                    63       158.00     180.00      180.00
King's Lynn                     1,777   1,761    26,245       7,563       N/R       190.00     209.00      209.00
Norwich (Earlham Road)          1,242   1,304    33,970                   N/R       195.00     201.00      201.00
Norwich (Horsham St Faith)      2,686   2,661   115,609                   N/R       210.00     235.00      235.00

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (2)
Kettering                       2,281   2,267    87,921                   N/R       185.00     200.00      200.00
Northampton                     1,904   1,975    77,674       4,242        95       250.00     265.00      265.00

NORTHUMBERLAND (1)
Blyth                           1,636   1,343    51,733       1,343       N/R       117.00     123.00      123.00

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (3)
Bramcote                        2,829   3,003    49,899                    93       152.00     160.00      160.00
Mansfield                       3,093   2,908    89,569       8,296       N/R       155.00     167.00      167.00
Nottingham                      2,435   2,385   187,084                    91       160.00     165.00      165.00

OXFORDSHIRE (2)
Banbury (opened Feb 99)                                                          	       260.00      260.00
Oxford                          3,268   3,059   124,765       3,059       133       250.00     265.00      265.00

SHROPSHIRE (1)
Shrewsbury                      2,502   2,491    74,929       2,491       N/R       165.00     170.00      170.00

SOMERSET (2)
Taunton                         2,305   2,266    64,262                   N/R       186.00     198.00      198.00
Yeovil                          1,607   1,621    34,332       3,887       N/R       200.00     210.00      210.00

STAFFORDSHIRE (4)
Bretby                          1,311   1,333    27,465                   N/R       190.00     200.00      200.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme            1,457   1,450    38,776                   N/R       225.00     238.50      238.50
Stafford                        1,472   1,489    33,886       6,275       N/R       182.00     188.00      188.00
Stoke-on-Trent                  2,065   2,003    97,788                   N/R       220.00     245.00      245.00

SUFFOLK (2)
Bury St.Edmunds                 1,675   1,694    13,950                    58       235.00     255.00      255.00
Ipswich                         2,315   2,338    96,406       4,032        52       168.45     172.80      180.80

SURREY (3)
Guildford                       1,680   1,654    47,662                   N/R       222.00     230.00      230.00
Leatherhead                     2,683   2,520    69,112       5,903       153       250.00     280.00      280.00
Woking                          1,782   1,729   130,663                   110       255.00     270.00      270.00

SUSSEX (EAST) (4)
Brighton (The Downs)            1,467   1,316   157,498                    81       200.00     212.00      212.00
Brighton (Woodvale)             2,217   2,375    86,935       8,004       N/R       187.00     196.00      196.00
Eastbourne                      3,102   2,849    94,021                   N/R       248.00     250.00      250.00
Hastings                        1,532   1,464    63,943                   N/R       205.00     225.00      225.00

SUSSEX (WEST) (3)
Chichester                      2,540   2,378    60,412                    92       245.00     275.00      275.00
Crawley (Surrey & Sussex)       3,371   3,168   110,752       8,791       135       250.00     280.00      280.00
Worthing                        3,362   3,245   102,612                   194       235.00     243.00      243.00

TYNE & WEAR (8)
Birtley                           599     592    29,409                   N/R       151.00     157.00      157.00
Gateshead                       1,324   1,440    39,690                   N/R       151.00     157.00      157.00
Mountsett                       1,320   1,472    39,547                    75       165.00     175.00      175.00
Newcastle-upon-Tyne             3,467   3,715   199,725      13,438       N/R       217.50     245.00      245.00
South Shields                   1,515   1,484    47,386                   167       186.00     192.00      192.00
Sunderland                      2,611   2,730   107,427                   N/R       192.70     206.95      206.95
Tynemouth                       1,087   1,462    36,696                   N/R       222.50     243.50      243.50
Whitley Bay                       757     543    26,567                   N/R       222.50     243.50      243.50

WARWICKSHIRE (2)
Leamington Spa                  2,272   2,321    43,499                   105       150.00     160.00      167.50
Nuneaton                        1,846   1,746    46,935       4,067        88       245.00     270.00      270.00

WEST MIDLANDS (12)
Birmingham (Lodge Hill)         2,383   2,415   150,224                   207       262.00     271.50      271.50
Birmingham (Perry Barr)         1,319   1,262   130,723                   113       250.00     280.00      280.00
Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield)   2,061   2,325    61,069                   141       262.00     271.50      271.50
Birmingham (Yardley)            2,062   1,556    99,238                   143       262.00     271.50      271.50
Coventry                        2,951   2,786   131,048                   139       215.00     230.00      230.00
Dudley                          1,686   1,699    49,614      23,550       100       230.00     266.00      266.00
Rowley Regis                      973     941    25,606                     5       240.00     250.00      250.00
Solihull                        2,210   2,352    71,433                   N/R       230.00     260.00      260.00
Stourbridge                     1,737   1,686    52,474                   N/R       230.00     266.00      266.00
Walsall                         1,920   1,807    55,808                   N/R       178.00     218.00      218.00
West Bromwich                   1,984   2,012    58,242                    59       240.00     250.00      250.00
Wolverhampton                   2,792   2,709   103,851                   N/R       205.00     230.00      230.00

WILTSHIRE (3)
Salisbury                       1,766   1,713    55,415                    57       200.00     215.00      215.00
Swindon                         1,903   1,927    49,315       4,935       197       190.00     237.00      237.00
West Wiltshire                  1,256   1,295     3,523                    66       235.00     248.00      248.00

YORKSHIRE (EAST) (2)
East Riding (opened April 1997)   595   1,011     1,606                    32       180.00     180.00      180.00
Haltemprice (opened June 1998)            535       535       1,546        14                  220.00      220.00

YORKSHIRE (NORTH) (4)
Harrogate                       1,555   1,411    53,042                   N/R       231.00     253.00      253.00
Scarborough                     1,514   1,267    55,948       5,687       N/R       230.00     245.00      245.00
Skipton                         1,039     748    41,206                   N/R       170.00     175.00      175.00
York                            2,187   2,261    71,744                   116       310.00     320.00      320.00

YORKSHIRE (SOUTH) (6)
Barnsley                        2,120   2,078    63,937                   N/R       220.00     242.00      242.00
Doncaster                       2,586   2,600    79,973                   618       217.00     230.00      230.00
Rotherham                       2,026   1,893    54,146      11,671       N/R       215.00     248.00      248.00
Sheffield (City Road)           2,738   2,361   179,785                   N/R       235.00     245.00      245.00
Sheffield (Grenoside)                     462       462                   N/R                  235.00      235.00
Sheffield (Hutcliffe Wood)      2,508   2,277    54,171                   N/R       235.00     245.00      245.00

YORKSHIRE WEST (11)
Bradford                        1,639   1,422   103,924                   211       193.00     209.00      209.00
Dewsbury Moor                   1,571   1,481    55,215                   N/R       218.00     235.00      235.00
Halifax                         1,976   1,671    80,991                   N/R       207.00     223.00      223.00
Huddersfield                    1,637   1,968    74,964                    68       218.00     235.00      235.00
Keighley                          431     630    19,202      17,204       N/R       193.00     209.00      209.00
Leeds (Cottingley Hall)         1,552   1,424    75,625                   N/R       205.00     225.00      225.00
Leeds (Lawnswood)               2,444   2,398   176,365                   N/R       205.00     225.00      225.00
Pontefract                      1,974   1,673    57,242                    64       209.00     231.00      231.00
Rawdon                          2,126   1,955    64,489                   N/R       205.00     225.00      225.00
Shipley                         1,004   1,439    52,680                   122       193.00     209.00      209.00
Wakefield                         709   1,143    35,639                    61       209.00     231.00      231.00

SCOTLAND (22)
Aberdeen                        2,532   2,510   105,239                   N/R       220.00     240.00      240.00
Ayr                             2,397   1,657    59,866                   N/R       196.00     220.00      220.00
Cardross                          571     495    16,769                   N/R       250.00     257.50      257.50
Clydebank                       1,860   1,778    43,722                   214       205.00     205.00      205.00
Dundee                          1,810   1,793    97,231                   195       280.00     308.00      308.00
Dunfermline                       739     723    17,342                   N/R       200.00     230.00      230.00
Edinburgh (Mortonhall)          2,833   2,821    62,382      34,684       N/R       240.00     280.00      280.00
Edinburgh (Seafield)              846     782    41,417                   N/R       275.00     275.00      275.00
Edinburgh (Warriston)           2,540   2,449   201,605                   N/R       250.00     250.00      250.00
Falkirk                         2,132   2,121    52,840                   N/R       199.00     203.00      203.00
Friockheim                        506     530     2,761                    13       277.70     287.00      287.00
Glasgow (Craigton)              1,111   1,185    54,127                   222       240.00     255.00      255.00
Glasgow (Daldowie)              4,130   4,171   146,240                   522       198.00     218.00      218.00
Glasgow (The Linn)              2,684   2,658    89,207                   393       198.00     217.00      217.00
Glasgow (Maryhill)              1,772   1,821   129,070                   352       200.00     210.00      210.00
Greenock                        1,084   1,164    34,464                   124       163.35     267.50      267.50
Inverness                         553     592     1,823                    21       206.00     212.00      212.00
Irvine (opened October 1997)      120     869       989                    64       220.00     230.00      230.00
Kirkcaldy                       1,825   1,871    63,615                   N/R       200.00     230.00      230.00
Moray (opened June 1999)                                                         	          272.00      272.00
Paisley                         1,641   1,543    85,035                   148       237.00     247.00      247.00
Perth                           1,146   1,151    36,552                    31       275.00     289.00      304.75

WALES (12)
Aberdare                        1,315   1,315    29,081                   N/R       143.00     150.00      150.00
Aberystwyth                       398     394     1,685                     8       240.00     272.50      272.50
Bangor                            992     959    20,642                    37       132.00     140.00      140.00
Bridgend                        1,728   1,699    27,225                    57       162.00     186.30      198.90
Cardiff                         2,612   2,508   111,250                   N/R       208.00     213.00      213.00
Colwyn Bay                      1,957   1,883    67,461      19,947       N/R       186.00     192.00      192.00
Gwent                           2,818   2,651    86,256                   N/R       183.60     187.30      187.30
Margam                          1,663   1,562    38,069                    73       115.00     155.00      155.00
Narberth                        1,241   1,295    29,431                    36       180.00     185.00      190.00
Pontypridd                      1,521   1,473    92,222                   N/R       150.00     150.00      175.00
Swansea                         2,831   2,709   101,780                   115       148.00     158.00      158.00
Wrexham (Pentrebychan)          1,515   1,499    35,755                   N/R       190.00     198.00      198.00

CHANNEL ISLANDS (2)
Guernsey                          314     311    10,414                   N/R       100.00     105.00      120.00
Jersey                            525     474    14,524         785        82       133.00     150.00      150.00

NORTHERN IRELAND (1)
Belfast                         2,071   2,162    46,969       2,162       118        93.00      95.30       95.30

                                               
TOTALS                        446,305 439,145  16,900,306    439,145

       1999 average cremation fee £220.53                        1999 average total cremation charge £221.41