{"id":10056,"date":"2025-10-21T12:39:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/?p=10056"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:39:49","slug":"new-report-published-scottish-inspector-of-burial-cremation-and-funeral-directors-annual-report-2024-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/new-report-published-scottish-inspector-of-burial-cremation-and-funeral-directors-annual-report-2024-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New report published: Scottish Inspector of Burial, Cremation and Funeral Directors Annual Report 2024\u20132025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The latest report from the Scottish Inspector of Burial, Cremation and Funeral Directors has now been published on gov.scot. It provides an overview of standards, inspection findings, and sector developments across Scotland.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Key points include:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 100% recovery of ashes in all cremations inspected<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 29 of Scotland\u2019s 33 crematoria were inspected during the year<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 123 fully qualified crematorium operatives are now in post, with a further 26 in training<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 32 crematoria now participate in metal recycling schemes, donating proceeds to charity<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2022 Progress continues towards new licensing and regulatory frameworks for funeral directors and burial authorities<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Read the full report here:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\"><a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj x1fey0fg x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/inspector-burial-cremation-funeral-directors-2024-25-annual-report\/pages\/1\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEwUEFIZVFaQzlyd281NzlGMwEeXY7epNr7I-BduaF9HLOjPzgNgyYIa2wBy3V-_RbuSNNnrSdTdKoyheCvyuU_aem_g_hxV_rpAWIa-MET_rxv4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/&#8230;\/inspector-burial&#8230;\/pages\/1\/<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The latest report from the Scottish Inspector of Burial, Cremation and Funeral Directors has now been published on gov.scot. It provides an overview of standards, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/new-report-published-scottish-inspector-of-burial-cremation-and-funeral-directors-annual-report-2024-2025\/\" title=\"New report published: Scottish Inspector of Burial, Cremation and Funeral Directors Annual Report 2024\u20132025\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10057,"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10056\/revisions\/10057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iccm-uk.com\/iccm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}