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Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 6 February 2026UIN 109236

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 to include registration of the father during a registration of birth, unless reason to omit this information is given.

Answered by Mike Tapp

There are currently no plans to change the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 to amend the circumstances in which the father’s details may be entered on a birth registration.

The latest available data from the Office for National Statistics shows that, in 2024, over 95% of registrations included the details of both parents.

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