Baroness Taylor of Bolton: Home Office: Written Answers (1)

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Written Question

Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

Monday 10th March 2025

Asked by: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government why the HM Passport Office General Register Office Death Certificate Application Form (for events registered overseas) asks a question about marital status "if deceased is female", but the same question is not asked in relation to males.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The General Register Office (GRO) Death Certificate Application Form (for events registered overseas) asks for ‘Marital Status’ only if deceased is female, as the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 specifically defines ‘maiden surname’ in England and Wales as the name a woman has prior to her first marriage or civil partnership.