Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
(asked on 2nd June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to issue guidance to local councils regarding the recommencement of birth registrations; and whether all registry offices in England will reopen at the same time.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 16th June 2020
The local registration service in England has been advised that birth registrations can recommence where these can be safely delivered in line with Public Health and local authority guidelines. It will be for individual local authorities to determine when it is safe for them to open.