Statutory guidance

Coronavirus (COVID-19): local death management

Statutory guidance for local authorities in England on Schedule 28 to the Coronavirus Act, which provides powers to support local and national death management.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 17 April 2020
• Last updated: 24 May 2021 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 25 March 2022

This guidance has been withdrawn because it’s no longer current. Check up-to-date coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance and information.

Applies to England

Documents

Section 58 and Schedule 28 to the Coronavirus Act 2020: local death management

PDF, 640 KB, 36 pages

Templates for local authorities

MS Word Document, 58.2 KB

Templates for local authorities

ODT, 49.8 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Details

Schedule 28 to the Coronavirus Act 2020 introduced new powers for local authorities and government to support the resilience of local death management systems, and step in if they become overwhelmed.

This guidance sets out how and when the powers should be used by local authorities.

Published 17 April 2020

Last updated 24 May 2021 + show all updates

1. 24 May 2021

   Guidance has been updated to reflect changes following the Coronavirus Act 2020 6 month review in April 2021.

2. 14 May 2020

   Added templates for local authorities.

3. 17 April 2020

   First published.