Funerals: Pre-payment
Commons · Question 13721 · Tabled 26 Jun 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Ayoub Khan
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people who purchase pre-paid funeral services from a Local Authority outside of current Financial Conduct Authority and Competitions and Markets Authority regulatio
Answer
Answered by Rachel Blake, 2 Jul 2026
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...