You asked
What is the number of cremations undertaken in the United Kingdom between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2020.
For comparative purposes, please also provide the same information for the previous 5 years.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We are responsible for the production of mortality data for England and Wales, this is driven by information collected from the death certificate at death registration. For Scotland and Northern Ireland statistics please contact National Records Scotland and NISRA respectively.
Unfortunately, we do not hold information about burial or cremation, as this is not supplied during the registration of a death.
Cremation statistics are available online from the cremation society of Great Britain: https://www.cremation.org.uk/statistics