If we have information about someone who has died in this way, we will inform the Treasury Solicitor's office. They will then publish the person's name, date of death, and area of death on their website.
We receive many Freedom of Information (FOI) requests about bona vacantia cases. To make it easier for you to find this information, we have published a list of all the cases we have referred to the Treasury Solicitor on this page.
The Treasury Solicitor's website shows all the information we are able to disclose about these cases under the FOI Act. Therefore, our response to FOI requests for this information is to refer people to that page.
Information the council can provide
The following information identifies deaths since 1 April 2012 (Financial Year), which we have referred to the Treasury Solicitor's Office
| Surname | Date of death | Date passed to the Treasury |
|---|---|---|
| Rooney | 15 September 2012 | 31 December 2012 |
| Owens | 11 October 2012 | Not sent |
| Whitfield | 5 November 2012 | Not sent |
| Jolley | 1 October 2013 | 11 November 2013 |
| Unsworth | 7 October 2013 | Not sent |
| Roberts | 25 October 2013 | Not sent |
| Wilson | 4 November 2014 | Not Sent |
| Renshaw | 22 November 2014 | Not sent |
| Foulger | 21 January 2015 | 19 March 2015 |
| Carney | 9 February 2015 | Not Sent |
| Ellis | 16 April 2015 | 12 May 2015 |
| Williams | 22 April 2015 | 8 May 2015 |
| Watkinson | 9 May 2015 | Not sent |
| Tait | 22 May 2015 | Not sent |
| Haggart | 29 May 2015 | Not sent |
| Proudman | 11 June 2015 | Not sent |
| Lightfoot | 26 June 2015 | Not sent |
| Noone | 2 December 2015 | 15 December 2015 |
| Hambleton | 27 April 2016 | Not sent |
| Eden-Eserekumo | 3 August 2016 | Not sent |
| Godbold | 11 October 2016 | Not sent |
| Reinburg | 2 February 2017 | Not sent |
| Baguley | 4 April 2017 | Not sent |
| Lidstone | 14 April 2017 | 14 September 2017 |
| Jackson | 4 May 2017 | Not sent |
| Fitzpatrick | 2 October 2017 | 17 November 2017 |
| Catlow | 15 October 2017 | Not sent |
| Beardwood | 16 November 2017 | Not sent |
| Carroll | 17 January 2018 | Not sent |
| Carlin | 16 April 2018 | Not sent |
| Prior | 9 May 2018 | Not sent |
| Melia | 15 June 2018 | Not sent |
| Mansfield | 10 September 2018 | Not sent |
| Leigh | 12 September 2018 | Not sent |
| Herd | 18 June 2018 | Not sent |
| Kristensen | 28 August 2018 | Not sent |
| Kelley | 9 October 2018 | Not sent |
| Francis | 28 November 2018 | Not sent |
| McGuinness | 4 March 2019 | 12 June 2019 |
| Bradburn | 23 March 2019 | Not Sent |
| Hodgskin | 24 April 2019 | Not sent |
| Brennan | 25 April 2019 | Not sent |
| Wood | 8 June 2019 | Not sent |
| Scott | 2 July 2019 | Not sent |
| Rothwell | 2 July 2019 | Not sent |
| Cartledge | 10 May 2019 | Not sent |
| Sutcliffe | 28 November 2019 | Not sent |
| Hughes | 25 January 2020 | Not sent |
| Downes | 9 February 2020 | Not sent |
| Hoadley | 17 May 2020 | Not sent |
| Hinton | 28 May 2020 | Not sent |
| Hall | 2 January 2021 | Not sent |
| Williams | 22 February 2021 | Not sent |
| Beswick | 30 May 2021 | Not sent |
| Rigby | 1 August 2021 | Not sent |
| Murray | 20 June 2021 | Not sent |
| Jordan | 22 June 2021 | Not sent |
| Makin | 9 January 2022 | Not sent |
| Dunne | 1 April 2022 | Not sent |
| Taylor | 3 April 2022 | Not sent |
| Nicoll | 3 May 2022 | Not sent |
| Wilson | 25 October 2021 | Not sent |
| Furlong | 14 March 2022 | Not sent |
| Unknown | 28 January 2022 | Not sent |
| Seaman | 23 June 2022 | Not sent |
| Smith | 3 August 2022 | Not sent |
| Whelan | 25 August 2022 | Not sent |
| Bennett | 29 August 2022 | Not sent |
| Brierley | 5 September 2022 | Not sent |
| Boulton | 10 October 2022 | Not sent |
| Disley | 2 December 2022 | Not sent |
| Maher | 29 December 2022 | Not sent |
| Bradshaw | 29 January 2023 | Not sent |
| Law | 30 March 2023 | Not sent |
| Donaldson | 19 April 2023 | Not sent |
| Bold | 4 May 2023 | Not sent |
| Goodier | 3 June 2023 | Not sent |
| Cherry | 17 August 2023 | Not sent |
| Banks | 16 September 2023 | Not sent |
| Chorlton | 22 September 2023 | Not sent |
| Pendlebury | 25 September 2023 | Not sent |
| Lamb | 11 October 2023 | Not sent |
| Roberts | 19 October 2023 | Not sent |
| Bode | 6 October 2023 | Not sent |
| Wong | 15 November 2023 | Not sent |
| Atherton | 15 November 2023 | Not sent |
| Finch | 6 December 2023 | Not sent |
| Mitchell AKA Merritt | 11 February 2024 | Not Sent |
Exemptions
Under section 31 (1) of the FOI Act, we will not publicly disclose details which could open opportunities for criminal acts to be committed, such as theft and identity fraud.
Public health funerals
Under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, when a resident dies in the area outside a hospital and there is no one else willing to pay, we will arrange a public health funeral. We will try to locate surviving relatives or friends of the deceased and, in some cases, pass the responsibility on to them.
What costs the council can reclaim
Under section 46 subsection (1) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, the funeral costs are the first expenses claimed on any estate. We are entitled to collect any money due to or belonging to the deceased and to sell any belongings of the deceased in order to help offset the costs of the funeral and expenses.
If, after we have deducted the funeral and associated costs:
- the remaining estate is over £500
- there are no other bills outstanding
- there is no known next of kin
We will refer the remaining estate to the Treasury Solicitor in accordance with their guidelines for referring bona vacantia estates.
It is at this point that we will make information public on this web page.