Consultation on cremation following infant cremation inquiries

The consultation follows the government’s consideration of the recommendations of 2 inquiries into infant cremations:

• David Jenkins’ inquiry into the way infant cremations were carried out at Emstrey Crematorium in Shropshire between 1996 and 2012. David Jenkins’ June 2015 report established that during this period Emstrey Crematorium failed to obtain ashes to return to parents following infant cremations.

• Lord Bonomy’s Infant Cremation Commission’s June 2014 report found that in some Scottish cases parents had been incorrectly told that there had been, or would be, no ashes from their babies’ cremations.