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Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 24 February 2025UIN 31420

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) merits and (b) risks of registering births and deaths online.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The General Register Office is considering the options to provide the public with more choice in how they register births and deaths in the future, whether face-to-face, over the telephone or online.

Any provision of online services will be subject to established Government Security Standards.

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