Covid-19: No limit on funeral mourners in Wiltshire from 17 May The limit on the number of mourners who can attend funerals is to be lifted in England, the Government has announced. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has said that the legal limit of 30 mourners will be removed as part of the next stage of lockdown easing, expected on May 17. Instead the capacity will be determined by how many people venues, such as places of worship or funeral homes, can safely accommodate while maintaining social distancing, the department added. This includes both indoor and outdoor venues and all organisers must continue to be Covid-secure and follow social distancing rules, it said.
Limit on numbers which can attend funerals to be lifted The limit on the number of mourners who can attend funerals is to be lifted in England, the Government has announced. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on Monday said that the legal limit of 30 mourners will be removed as part of the next stage of lockdown easing, expected on May 17. Instead the capacity will be determined by how many people venues, such as places of worship or funeral homes, can safely accommodate while maintaining social distancing, the department added. This includes both indoor and outdoor venues and all organisers must continue to be Covid-secure and follow social distancing rules, it said.
Limit on numbers which can attend funerals to be lifted The limit on the number of mourners who can attend funerals is to be lifted in England, the Government has announced. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on Monday said that the legal limit of 30 mourners will be removed as part of the next stage of lockdown easing, expected on May 17. Instead the capacity will be determined by how many people venues, such as places of worship or funeral homes, can safely accommodate while maintaining social distancing, the department added. This includes both indoor and outdoor venues and all organisers must continue to be Covid-secure and follow social distancing rules, it said.
Limit of 30 mourners at funeral to be lifted on May 17 as Covid restriction eased early
Updated: May 3 2021, 3:06 ET
A TOUGH Covid rule that limited the number of mourners allowed at a funeral to 30 will be lifted in England on May 17 - a month earlier than planned.
It will be welcome news to grieving families after the issue was thrown back into the limelight last month when the Queen was forced to sit alone at Prince Philip s funeral.
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New changes to Covid rules will allow more than 30 mourners to attend funerals in bigger places of worshipCredit: PA
Rather than having a strict limit, the capacity will be determined by how many people places of worship or funeral homes can safely have inside while mourners are social distancing.
Limit on numbers which can attend funerals to be lifted The limit on the number of mourners who can attend funerals is to be lifted in England, the Government has announced. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on Monday said that the legal limit of 30 mourners will be removed as part of the next stage of lockdown easing, expected on May 17. Instead the capacity will be determined by how many people venues, such as places of worship or funeral homes, can safely accommodate while maintaining social distancing, the department added. This includes both indoor and outdoor venues and all organisers must continue to be Covid-secure and follow social distancing rules, it said.