Death: Registration
(asked on 8th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing a bereaved family member to register the death of a family member via the telephone.
This question was answered on 24th February 2023
No formal assessment has been made.
The General Register Office for England and Wales is exploring options to bring forward amendments to primary legislation to allow informants more flexibility in how they register deaths in the future.