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  There is growing evidence to suggest that we are facing a shortage of burial space in the UK. Many other countries actually reuse burial space. A detailed burial survey was completed for the capital by the London Planning Advisory Committee a few years ago and the report found that there was, in Inner London, only nine years supply of non-denominational burial space available.
  
  Many of the capital's graveyards are so crowded the government is considering a range of options to help relieve the pressure. They include the idea of double-decker graves - laying the remains of one dead person on top of another. The plan could apply to those who have been resting in peace for a 100 years or more. The bodies would be dug up, re-interred and buried at a deeper level thus leaving room for another coffin on top. Meanwhile others are looking for alternatives to burial. Cremation has been encouraged by the authorities for a century as a clean, space-saving alternative. It's also much cheaper. Britain has one of the world's highest cremation rates, almost three-quarters of the population chooses to be incinerated rather than interred.

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