<p>Response information - Maternity Darlington Memorial Hospital: </p><p> No tissue / fetal remains / fetus are incinerated </p><p> There are no multiple burials</p><p> Cremation in groups / multi-load cremation used for all fertility control termination cases up to 16 weeks gestation and for all tissue / fetal remains from early miscarriage / evacuation of retained products / ectopic pregnancy.</p><p>50 cases are placed in each casket for group cremation.</p><p>The casket / caskets are cremated on a monthly basis at Darlington Crematorium</p><p> For all other cases of pregnancy loss including later miscarriage, interruption of pregnancy for fetal abnormality and stillbirths families are offered individual funerals either burial or cremation and / or offered information and support to arrange a private funeral with an undertaker of their own choice</p><p>Hospital contract cremations may take place at any of the following crematoria – Wear Valley, Darlington or Durham.</p><p>Hospital contract burials may take place in Darlington, Bishop Auckland and some local cemeteries</p><p> The figures included for the group cremation are figures for the whole Trust.</p><p> The other figures are for the south of the Trust only.</p><p>Group cremation 2011 2012 2013 (For whole trust) 26 caskets (1299 cases) 28 caskets( 1395cases) 28 caskets (1400cases)</p><p>Funerals for pregnancy 2011 2012 2013 loss 12 – 23+ gestation (South of trust) Hospital contract 32 21 16 cremation Hospital contract 7 7 10 burial Private cremation 0 1 1 Private Burial 0 2 2 Contd.</p><p>Contd.</p><p>Funerals for 2011 2012 2013 Stillbirths(South of Trust) Hospital contract 3 2 2 cremation Hospital contract 6 2 4 burial Private cremation 0 2 0 Private Burial 4 3 4</p><p>Response information –University Hospital of North Durham: </p><p>Section 12.</p><p>Histology:</p><p>Histology cannot distinguish which cases actually contained foetal tissue, they therefore treat all of the cases the same way on the assumption that they do.</p><p>Histology cannot distinguish which proportions of cases are from termination and miscarriage.</p>