This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Decisions on the opening of individual cemeteries and crematoriums is a matter for local authorities, not the UK Government or Parliament.

The UK Government has written to local authorities confirming that cemeteries and other burial grounds can be opened: www.gov.uk/government/publications/access-to-parks-and-public-spaces-including-burial-grounds-and-cemeteries.

### Further information

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus

www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/


Find out the latest updates from Parliament on the COVID-19 outbreak, including ways that you can get involved: www.parliament.uk/business/news/covid-19/

Are you an academic or researcher? Find out how you can help Parliament scrutinise the Government’s response to coronavirus: www.parliament.uk/covid19-researcher-engagement


### What the Petitions Committee is doing


You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/