What the average cost of a basic funeral has been and how that compared with the average weekly wage in each of the last 10 years.

The information requested on the average cost of a basic funeral is not held centrally.

The preferred source for earnings estimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, which is produced by the Office for National Statistics.
The following table shows the average weekly earnings for both full-time and part-time workers in each of the last 10 years.
Date
Full-Time Workers
Part-Time Workers
2005
408.6
133.1
2006
428.1
137.7
2007
441.7
146.0
2008
462.6
154.3
2009
472.8
160.7
2010
488.0
159.9
2011
485.0
157.3
2012
497.7
162.0
2013
508.7
167.9
2014
519.6
172.8
2015
527.0
174.6
Notes:
In 2006 there were a number of methodological changes made. For further details go to: http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/341.aspx.
Estimates for 2011 and subsequent years use a weighting scheme based on occupations which have been coded according to Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2010 that replaced SOC 2000. Therefore care should be taken when making comparisons with earlier years.
Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), Office for National Statistics