Annual Statistics 2000

National Cremation Statistics

National Cremation Statistics 2000

      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
      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*          649,635       445,574       68.59
      1996       230           1           640,081       445,934       69.67
      1997       234           4           633,635       446,305       7O.44
      1998       238           4           633,062       439,145       69.37
      1999       241           3           635,785       444,169       69.86
      2000       243¹          2           617,001+      437,609       70.93+
   *    Includes replacement of existing crematorium.
   **   Source: Office for National Statistics.  Crown copyright.
   +    Provisional figures as at 20th February 2001.
   ¹    Includes Arnos Vale which closed in 1998.

Cremation Comparisons

  CREMATORIA carrying out the HIGHEST          COUNTIES carrying out the HIGHEST NUMBER
     NUMBER OF cremations in 2000                      of cremations in 2000

PORTCHESTER                        4,178   LONDON               (24 crematoria)     43,699
GLASGOW (DALDOWIE)                 4,175   SCOTLAND             (22 crematoria)     34,628
CITY OF LONDON                     4,072   WEST MIDLANDS        (12 crematoria)     23,725
RUISLIP                            3,999   GREATER  MANCHESTER  (13 crematoria)     20,828
SOUTH ESSEX                        3,832   WALES                (12 crematoria)     20,108
ELTHAM                             3,827   YORKSHIRE WEST       (11 crematoria)     16,662
SOUTHAMPTON                        3,668   ESSEX                 (7 crematoria)     15,772
MIDDLESBOROUGH                     3,646   KENT                  (7 crematoria)     13,608
BOURNEMOUTH                        3,624   MERSEYSIDE            (6 crematoria)     12,904
LEICESTER                          3,585   TYNE & WEAR           (8 crematoria)     12,326


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

IRVINE                            22.64%   GOLDERS GREEN (1902)                    306,011
BASINGSTOKE                       16.92%   LONDON (City of) (1904)	           223,576
WEST WILTSHIRE                    15.92%   MANCHESTER (Chorlton-cum-Hardy) (1892)  220,472
SHEFFIELD (Grenoside)             14.77%   ENFIELD (1938)                          208,679
ROWLEY REGIS                      12.41%   EDINBURGH (Warriston) (1929)            206,506
BODMIN                             9.57%   NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (1934)              206,144
BOURNEMOUTH                        9.32%   LONDON (South) (1936)                   195,954
HEREFORD                           9.26%   BOURNEMOUTH (1938)                      193,189
GUERNSEY                           7.67%   NOTTINGHAM (1931)                       191,759
WARRINGTON                         7.54%   SHEFFIELD (City Road) (1904)            183,459


         CREMATORIA carrying out the MOST (recorded) CATHOLIC CREMATIONS in 2000

GLASGOW (Daldowie)                   593   BOLTON                                  398
THORNTON (Crosby)                    509   BIRKENHEAD                              376
MIDDLESBROUGH                        434   PRESTON                                 366
GLASGOW (The Linn)                   422   GLASGOW (Maryhill)                      345
WORTHING                             402   MANCHESTER (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)         343

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

WOKING, Surrey                      1885   HOLMSFORD BRIDGE, Scotland      30 October 1997
MANCHESTER (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)     1892   BASILDON & DISTRICT, Essex        30 April 1998
GLASGOW (Maryhill) Scotland         1895   BASINGSTOKE, Hampshire              1 June 1998
LIVERPOOL (Anfield) Merseyside      1896   HALTEMPRICE, Yorkshire             29 June 1998
HULL, Humberside                    1901   GRENOSIDE, Sheffield, Yorkshire  14 August 1998
DARLINGTON, Durham                  1901   BANBURY, Oxfordshire           15 February 1999
LEICESTER, Leics.                   1902   HOWE BRIDGE, Greater Manchester      6 May 1999
GOLDERS GREEN, London               1902   MORAY, Scotland                       June 1999
BIRMINGHAM (Perry Barr) West Mids.  1903   TELFORD, Shropshire             24 January 2000
LONDON (City of)                    1904   COLESHILL, Warwickshire         6 November 2000

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.
		  N/A (Not available) N/R (Not recorded)

                              Jan-Dec Jan-Dec  Total Since  2000 Total    RCs     April 2000  April 2001    *Total
CREMATORIA                      1999    2000     Opening    for County  Recorded  Cremation   Cremation   Crematorium
                                                                                  Fee from    Fee from    Charges from
AVON (6)
Bath                            2,230   2,105     99,128                  N/A       270.00     285.00      285.00
Bristol(Arno's Vale)                0       0    102,827                                            C L O S E D
Bristol(Canford)                2,050   1,961    100,723      9,489        82       275.00     290.00      290.00
Bristol(South)                  2,024   2,040     47,754                   91       275.00     290.00      290.00
Westerleigh                     1,638   1,699     11,762                   59       275.00     290.00      290.00
Weston Super Mare               1,705   1,684     45,470                  N/A       270.00     290.00      290.00

BEDFORDSHIRE (2)
Bedford                         1,526   1,525     52,468                  N/R       210.00     235.00      258.00
Luton                           2,051   2,956     92,357      3,481       N/R       203.00     213.00      233.00

BERKSHIRE (3)
Bracknell                       1,611   1,583     34,798                   90       255.00     262.00      262.00
Reading                         2,204   2,043    100,164      5,363       101       245.00     262.00      262.00
Slough                          1,811   1,737     59,293                   98       210.00     235.00      235.00

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (2)
Amersham (Chilterns)            3,188   3,062     83,870                  N/R       190.50     198.00      198.00
Milton Keynes                   1,582   1,575     23,087      4,637       N/R       272.00     288.00      288.00

CAMBRIDGESHIRE (2)
Cambridge                       2,815   2,795    117,590                  N/R       288.00     320.00      320.00
Peterborough                    2,269   2,317     76,336      5,112       N/A       225.00     230.00      230.00

CHESHIRE (5)
Chester                         1,879   1,832    57,796                   189       230.00     263.00      263.00
Crewe                           1,252   1,200    40,006                   N/A       223.00     251.00      256.00
Macclesfield                    1,524   1,548    46,218       6,952       N/R       210.00     242.50      242.50
Warrington                      1,684   1,811    55,255                   N/A       237.00     250.00      250.00
Widnes                            643     561    22,483                   N/R       221.00     250.00      269.00

CLEVELAND (2)
Hartlepool                        956     863    37,128                    72       205.00     214.00      214.00
Middlesbrough                   3,690   3,646   123,380       4,509       434       250.00     264.00      264.00

CORNWALL (2)
Bodmin                          1,066   1,168     9,851                    39       257.00     265.00      265.00
Truro                           2,653   2,612    91,753       3,780        69       190.00     205.00      205.00

CUMBRIA (3)
Barrow-in-Furness                 906     913    31,420                   N/R       220.00     225.00      225.00
Carlisle                        1,681   1,663    61,780       3,397       N/R       251.00     266.00      266.00
Distington (Whitehaven)           855     821    21,119                    69       221.00     246.00      246.00

DERBYSHIRE (2)
Chesterfield                    2,123   2,188    74,885                    67       140.00     144.00      144.00
Derby                           3,215   2,951   137,186       5,139        99       220.00     235.00      235.00

DEVON (5)
Barnstaple                      1,419   1,400    37,344                    31       215.00     225.00      243.00
Exeter                          3,286   3,272   109,310                   106       296.00     311.00      311.00
Plymouth (Efford)                 755   1,1312   86,213      10,170       N/A       233.50     245.00      245.00
Plymouth (Weston Mill)          1,983   1,483    47,196                   N/R       233.50     245.00      245.00
Torquay                         2,704   2,703   105,650                    91       250.00     285.00      285.00

DORSET (3)
Bournemouth                     3,315   3,624   193,189                   137       215.00     232.50      232.50
Poole                           2,644   2,436    32,635       7,292       N/R       233.00     260.00      260.00
Weymouth                        1,166   1,232    51,431                   N/R       246.00     259.00      259.00

DURHAM (2)
Darlington                      1,951   1,908    89,318                   N/R       260.00     278.00      278.00
Durham                          2,287   2,232    72,374       4,140       101       165.00     187.50      187.50

ESSEX (7)
Basildon                        1,607   1,650     4,100                    96       250.00     260.00      260.00
Chelmsford                      2,591   2,578    71,282                   N/A       232.00     241.00      241.00
Colchester                      1,471   1,505    79,640                   N/R       223.00     249.00      249.00
Harlow                          1,744   1,844    49,787      15,772        93       217.00     230.00      230.00
Southend-on-Sea                 2,670   2,693   129,712                   N/R       236.00     243.00      243.00
South Essex                     3,805   3,832   145,641                   N/A       230.00     266.00      266.00
Weeley                          1,688   1,670    21,731                   N/A       256.00     286.00      300.10

GLOUCESTERSHIRE (3)
Cheltenham                      2,033   2,063    89,915                   N/R       247.00     267.00      267.00
Forest of Dean                    639     666     2,474       4,376         9       255.00     270.00      270.00
Gloucester                      1,693   1,647    66,319                    46       250.00     275.00      275.00

HAMPSHIRE (4)
Aldershot                       1,806   1,824    77,390                   N/R       240.00     260.00      260.00
Basingstoke                     1,395   1,631     3,576                    88       260.00     273.00      273.00
Portchester                     4,303   4,178   151,071      11,301       N/A       205.00     235.00      235.00
Southampton                     3,806   3,668   163,379                   N/A       250.00     275.00      275.00

HEREFORD & WORCESTER (1)
Hereford                        1,220   1,333    40,974       1,333       N/R       226.00     260.00      277.00

HERTFORDSHIRE (2)
Harwood Park                    1,783   1,833     6,467                   106       245.00     255.00      255.00
West Hertfordshire              3,329   3,226   136,827       5,059       N/A       206.00     211.00      211.00

HUMBERSIDE (3)
Great Grimsby                   1,763   1,790    74,272                    43       230.00     295.00      295.00
Hull                            2,214   2,235   146,381       5,401        85       283.00     292.00      292.00
Scunthorpe                      1,425   1,376    43,677                   N/A       270.00     300.00      300.00

ISLE OF MAN (1)
Douglas                           642     603    17,888         603        48       268.00     276.00      276.00

ISLE OF WIGHT (1)
Whippingham                     1,447   1,467    47,839       1,467        66       309.00     321.00      333.00

KENT (7)
Barham                          2,330   2,390    95,559                    99       244.00     255.00      255.00
Charing                         1,395   1,451    94,768                    40       244.00     255.00      255.00
Folkestone                        701     672    30,335                   N/R       245.00     258.00      258.00
Maidstone                       2,127   2,060    64,132      13,608       N/A       231.00     265.00      270.00
Margate                         1,793   1,764    58,153                   N/R       220.00     230.00      230.00
Medway                          2,883   3,043    97,360                   128       230.00     240.00      240.00
Tunbridge Wells                 2,203   2,228    78,842                   N/R       235.00     250.00      250.00

LANCASHIRE (7)
Accrington                        992     950    40,664                    99       190.00     199.00      199.00
Blackburn                       1,487   1,540    57,993                   279       225.00     236.00      236.00
Blackpool                       2,181   2,003   129,907                   200       233.00     241.00      241.00
Burnley                         1,676   1,569    72,863      10,970       137       200.00     218.00      218.00
Lancaster & Morecambe           1,984   1,907    67,552                   131       267.00     281.00      281.00
Lytham St Annes                 1,453   1,408    51,281                   N/R       190.00     196.00      196.00
Preston                         1,658   1,593    59,909                   366       234.50     244.00      244.00

LEICESTERSHIRE (2)
Leicester                       3,675   3,585   161,662                   N/R       205.00     228.00      228.00
Loughborough                    1,709   1,660    52,883       5,245       N/R       260.00     274.00      274.00

LINCOLNSHIRE (3)
Boston                          2,016   1,838    46,135                   N/R       200.00     230.00      230.00
Grantham                        1,206   1,193    29,815       4,712        33       225.00     232.00      232.00
Lincoln                         1,675   1,681    45,007                    43       184.10     220.00      220.00

LONDON (24)
Beckenham                       2,243   2,361    90,739                   N/R       296.00     305.00      305.00
Croydon                         2,137   2,150   138,436                   187       263.00     271.00      271.00
Eltham                          4,516   3,827   165,416                   253       260.00     267.00      267.00
Enfield                         3,100   3,039   208,679                   N/A       245.00     255.00      255.00
Golders Green                   2,196   2,155   306,011                   195       280.00     295.00      295.00
Hendon                            916     960    46,993                   117       205.00     210.00      210.00
Honor Oak                       1,458   1,523   118,356                   N/R       239.00     253.00      253.00
Islington                       1,086   1,008    47,018                   N/R       207.60     215.00      215.00
Kingston-upon-Thames              941     915    60,606                   N/A       242.00     265.00      265.00
Lambeth                           854     880    42,544                    88       255.00     266.00      266.00
Lewisham                        1,725   1,770    72,923                   N/A       235.00     260.00      260.00
London (City of)                4,146   4,072   223,576      43,699       N/A       266.00     277.00      277.00
London (East)                     853     835    25,588                   N/R       220.00     245.00      245.00
London (South)                  1,460   1,466   195,954                   N/R       281.00     296.00      296.00
London (West)                   1,307   1,405    72,891                   N/R       215.00     230.00      230.00
Manor Park                        714     655    35,432                   N/A       240.00     255.00      255.00
Mortlake                        2,469   2,420   148,085                   N/R       170.00     175.00      175.00
New Southgate                     894     924    30,994                    89       240.00     268.50      278.50
North East Surrey               1,866   1,818    72,923                   N/R       230.00     250.00      250.00
Putney Vale                     1,689   1,555    97,416                   179       231.00     245.00      245.00
Ruislip                         4,246   3,999   175,042                   333       175.00     186.00      186.00
St Marylebone                     733     742    77,842                   100       240.00     255.00      255.00
South West Middlesex            2,737   2,643   124,707                   N/R       155.00     160.00      160.00
West Norwood                      585     577    36,470                   N/R       255.00     266.00      266.00

MANCHESTER (GREATER) (13)
Altrincham                      1,893   1,795    61,793                   N/R       238.00     249.00      249.00
Atherton (Howe Bridge)            353     578       931                   N/R       225.00     235.00      235.00
Bolton                          3,655   3,388   165,421                   398       214.00     235.00      235.00
Dukinfield                      2,069   2,084    89,154                   N/R       225.00     240.00      240.00
Eccles                            896     834    43,818                   110       238.00     246.00      246.00
Manchester (Blackley)           1,265   1,196    53,892                   N/R       230.00     235.00      235.00
Manchester (Chorlton-cum-Hardy) 2,640   2,484   220,472                   343       190.00     247.00      247.00
Middleton                         505     476    23,197      20,828       N/R       230.00     245.00      245.00
Oldham                          1,724   1,614    71,218                   150       240.00     246.00      246.00
Rochdale                        1,562   1,447    93,937                   N/R       230.00     245.00      245.00
Salford                         1,186   1,206    48,190                   131       238.00     246.00      246.00
Stockport                       2,468   2,364   126,509                   N/R       245.00     253.00      259.00
Wigan                           1,373   1,362    52,628                   N/R       178.50     190.00      190.00

MERSEYSIDE (6)
Birkenhead                      3,162   3,141   138,186                   376       215.00     230.00      230.00
Liverpool (Anfield)             2,149   2,064   156,001                   N/A       227.00     273.00      273.00
Liverpool (Springwood)          2,435   2,258    57,351      12,904       N/A       227.00     273.00      273.00
St Helens                       2,227   2,078    58,029                   N/A       154.78     157.87      157.87
Southport                       1,905   1,846    62,899                   224       175.00     212.00      212.00
Thornton (Crosby)               1,579   1,517    48,470                   509       175.00     212.00      212.00

NORFOLK (4)
Great Yarmouth                  1,911   1,802    45,248                   N/A       200.00     220.00      220.00
King's Lynn                     1,932   1,923    30,100       7,690       N/R       220.00     235.00      235.00
Norwich (Earlham Road)          1,363   1,315    36,648                    54       242.00     250.00      250.00
Norwich (Horsham St Faith)      2,670   2,650   120,929                    55       278.00     292.00      292.00

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (2)
Kettering                       2,425   2,387    92,733                   N/R       205.00     245.00      245.00
Northampton                     1,910   1,942    81,526       4,329       N/R       285.00     300.00      300.00

NORTHUMBERLAND (1)
Blyth                           1,665   1,517    54,915       1,517       N/R       134.50     140.50      140.50

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (3)
Bramcote                        3,070   2,915    55,884                    66       170.00     200.00      200.00
Mansfield                       2,966   2,930    95,465       8,073       N/A       180.00     194.00      194.00
Nottingham                      2,447   2,228   191,759                    97       170.00     185.00      185.00

OXFORDSHIRE (2)
Banbury                           404     604     1,008                    27       270.00     288.50      288.50
Oxford                          2,924   2,830   130,519       3,434       119       285.00     300.00      300.00

SHROPSHIRE (2)
Shrewsbury                      2,585   2,046    79,560       2,733       N/R       175.00     234.50      234.50
Telford (opened Jan 2000)		  687	    687			  N/R 	    225.00     243.00      243.00

SOMERSET (2)
Taunton                         2,338   2,409    69,009                   N/R       208.00     219.00      219.00
Yeovil                          1,597   1,642    37,571       4,051       N/R       219.00     230.00      230.00

STAFFORDSHIRE (4)
Bretby                          1,323   1,363    30,151                   N/R       225.00     278.00      278.00
Newcastle-under-Lyme            1,435   1,450    41,661                   N/A       245.00     275.00      275.00
Stafford                        1,602   1,495    36,983       6,257       N/R       222.00     245.00      245.00
Stoke-on-Trent                  2,013   1,949   101,750                   N/A       270.00     285.00      285.00

SUFFOLK (2)
Bury St.Edmunds                 1,718   1,686    17,354                    69       275.00     295.00      295.00
Ipswich                         2,339   2,372   101,117       4,058        80       177.00     217.00      217.00

SURREY (3)
Guildford                       1,686   1,722    51,070                   N/R       240.00     260.00      260.00
Leatherhead                     2,582   2,551    74,245       5,978       152       296.00     311.00      311.00
Woking                          1,742   1,705   134,110                   105       280.00     295.00      295.00

SUSSEX (EAST) (4)
Brighton (The Downs)            1,345   1,416   160,259                    66       227.00     234.00      234.00
Brighton & Hove (Woodvale)      2,271   2,150    91,356       8,046       N/R       204.00     215.00      215.00
Eastbourne                      2,867   3,003    99,891                   146       270.00     275.00      275.00
Hastings                        1,428   1,477    66,848                   N/R       231.00     237.00      237.00

SUSSEX (WEST) (3)
Chichester                      2,421   2,398    65,231                   103       291.00     306.00      306.00
Crawley (Surrey & Sussex)       3,371   3,370   117,493       9,066       174       291.00     311.00      311.00
Worthing                        3,378   3,298   109,288                   402       251.00     298.00      298.00

TYNE & WEAR (8)
Birtley                           589     591    30,589                   N/R       182.00     185.00      192.20
Gateshead                       1,320   1,383    42,393                   N/R       182.00     192.20      192.20
Mountsett                       1,267   1,269    42,083                    87       186.00     196.00      196.00
Newcastle-upon-Tyne             3,264   3,155   206,144      12,326       N/R       270.00     285.00      285.00
South Shields                   1,460   1,492    50,338                   162       196.00     206.00      206.00
Sunderland                      2,651   2,610   112,688                   N/R       212.05     224.85      224.85
Tynemouth                       1,741   1,184    39,621                   N/R       258.00     266.00      266.00
Whitley Bay                         0     642    27,209                   N/R       258.00     266.00      266.00

WARWICKSHIRE (3)
Leamington Spa                  2,043   1,919    47,461                   N/R       175.00     190.00      190.00
Nuneaton                        1,851   1,773    50,559       3,742       N/R       290.00     305.00      305.00
Coleshill (Woodlands)                      50        50                   N/R                  300.00      300.00
    (opened Nov 2000)

WEST MIDLANDS (12)
Birmingham (Lodge Hill)         2,428   2,312   154,964                   198       286.70     298.00      298.00
Birmingham (Perry Barr)         1,256   1,206   133,185                   N/R       290.00     299.00      299.00
Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield)   2,281   2,242    65,592                   140       286.70     298.00      298.00
Birmingham (Yardley)            1,949   1,971   103,158                   146       286.70     298.00      298.00
Coventry                        2,860   2,803   136,711                   N/R       237.00     252.00      252.00
Dudley                          1,671   1,735    53,020      23,725       100       272.00     280.00      280.00
Rowley Regis                      927   1,042    27,575                   N/R       280.00     290.00      290.00
Solihull                        2,216   2,160    75,809                   N/R       290.00     300.00      300.00
Stourbridge                     1,806   1,629    55,909                   N/R       272.00     280.00      280.00
Walsall                         1,925   1,960    59,693                   N/A       225.00     236.00      236.00
West Bromwich                   1,971   1,996    62,209                   N/R       280.00     290.00      290.00
Wolverhampton                   2,741   2,669   109,261                   N/R       245.00     280.00      280.00

WILTSHIRE (3)
Salisbury                       1,653   1,660    58,728                    41       225.00     232.00      232.00
Swindon                         1,992   1,891    53,198       5,058       124       253.00     266.00      266.00
West Wiltshire                  1,300   1,507     6,330                    58       263.00     280.00      280.00

WORCESTERSHIRE (2)
Redditch                        1,140   1,181    21,608                   N/R       250.00     260.00      260.00
Worcester                       1,901   2,008    61,874       3,189       N/A       215.00     235.00      235.00

YORKSHIRE (EAST) (2)
East Riding                       872     929     3,407                    27       195.00     215.00      215.00
Haltemprice                     1,191   1,193     2,919       2,122       N/R       242.00     242.00      242.00

YORKSHIRE (NORTH) (4)
Harrogate                       1,507   1,396    55,945                   N/R       291.00     301.00      301.00
Scarborough                     1,236   1,171    58,355       5,651       N/R       255.00     280.00      280.00
Skipton                           984     975    43,165                   N/A       180.00     190.00      190.00
York                            2,135   2,109    75,988                   106       335.00     365.00      365.00

YORKSHIRE (SOUTH) (6)
Barnsley                        1,890   1,864    67,691                   N/R       255.00     280.00      280.00
Doncaster                       2,707   2,453    85,133                   N/R       245.00     262.20      262.20
Rotherham                       1,944   1,851    57,941      11,359       N/A       256.00     270.00      270.00
Sheffield (City Road)           1,863   1,811   183,459                   N/R       255.00     265.00      265.00
Sheffield (Grenoside)           1,192   1,368     3,022                    49       255.00     265.00      265.00
Sheffield (Hutcliffe Wood)      2,075   2,012    58,258                   N/R       255.00     265.00      265.00

YORKSHIRE WEST (11)
Bradford                        1,398   1,378   106,700                   184       220.00     233.00      233.00
Dewsbury Moor                   1,378   1,355    57,948                   N/A       250.00     270.00      270.00
Halifax                         1,673   1,657    84,321                   N/R       232.00     260.00      260.00
Huddersfield                    1,798   1,719    78,481                   N/R       250.00     270.00      270.00
Keighley                          545     529    20,276                    63       220.00     233.00      233.00
Leeds (Cottingley Hall)         1,488   1,443    78,556      16,662       N/R       245.00     270.00      270.00
Leeds (Lawnswood)               2,405   2,419   181,189                   N/R       245.00     270.00      270.00
Pontefract                      1,753   1,699    60,694                   N/R       247.00     266.00      266.00
Rawdon                          1,943   1,947    68,379                   N/R       245.00     270.00      270.00
Shipley                         1,424   1,339    55,443                    92       220.00     233.00      233.00
Wakefield                       1,204   1,177    38,020                   N/R       247.00     266.00      266.00

SCOTLAND (22)
Aberdeen                        2,567   2,457   110,263                   N/A       300.00     340.00      340.00
Ayr                             1,709   1,639    63,214                   N/R       242.00     250.00      250.00
Cardross                          550     529    17,848                   N/A       265.23     273.18      273.18
Clydebank                       1,821   1,737    47,280                   211       210.00     260.00      260.00
Dundee                          1,776   1,719   100,726                   192       323.00     340.00      340.00
Dunfermline                       775     738    18,855                    27       250.00     260.00      260.00
Edinburgh (Mortonhall)          2,842   2,926    68,150                   N/R       294.00     332.00      332.00
Edinburgh (Seafield)              795     832    43,044                   N/R       310.00     330.00      330.00
Edinburgh (Warriston)           2,512   2,389   206,506                   N/R       310.00     330.00      330.00
Falkirk                         2,221   2,193    57,294                   N/R       190.00     200.00      200.00
Friockheim                        576     589     3,926      34,628        14       313.00     348.00      348.00
Glasgow (Craigton)              1,133   1,056    56,316                   185       270.00     280.00      280.00
Glasgow (Daldowie)              4,310   4,175   154,725                   593       224.80     231.00      231.00
Glasgow (The Linn)              2,740   2,687    94,634                   422       224.80     231.00      231.00
Glasgow (Maryhill)              1,853   1,676   132,599                   345       210.00     230.00      230.00
Greenock                        1,057   1,088    36,609                   155       271.00     279.15      279.15
Inverness                         576     512     2,911                    18       218.00     278.00      278.00
Irvine                            817   1,002     2,808                    70       246.00     258.00      258.00
Kirkcaldy                       1,781   1,728    67,124                   N/R       250.00     260.00      260.00
Moray                             141     295       436                    14       272.00     335.00      335.00
Paisley                         1,635   1,569    88,239                   125       262.00     290.00      290.00
Perth                           1,126   1,092    38,770                    49       320.00     330.00      330.00

WALES (12)
Aberdare                        1,343   1,274    31,698                   N/R       160.00     170.00      170.00
Aberystwyth                       457     418     2,560                    14       260.00     270.00      270.00
Bangor                          1,020     958    22,620                    42       143.50     150.50      150.50
Bridgend                        1,760   1,686    30,671                   N/A       214.25     220.00      233.60
Cardiff                         2,609   2,495   116,354                   202       217.25     224.75      224.75
Colwyn Bay                      2,016   1,884    71,361      20,108       N/R       200.00     210.00      210.00
Gwent                           2,846   2,724    91,826                    84       192.00     199.00      199.00
Margam                          1,539   1,601    41,209                    70       175.00     200.00      200.00
Narberth                        1,345   1,343    32,119                     5       190.00     195.00      195.00
Pontypridd                      1,413   1,377    95,012                   N/A       165.00     170.00      170.00
Swansea                         2,726   2,772   107,278                   121       170.00     192.00      192.00
Wrexham (Pentrebychan)          1,568   1,576    38,899                   N/R       238.00     244.00      244.00

CHANNEL ISLANDS (2)
Guernsey                          300     323    11,037                   N/R       122.00     128.00      128.00
Jersey                            499     492    15,515         815        76       155.00     159.00      159.00

NORTHERN IRELAND (1)
Belfast                         2,403   2,253    51,625       2,253       168      100.00      104.00      104.00

                           
TOTALS                        444,169 437,609  17,782,084    437,609


       2001 average cremation fee £251.72                        2001 average total cremation charge £252.42
       2000 average cremation fee £234.67                        2000 average total cremation charge £235.38