Civil Registration
Civil registration: delivering vital change
In 2001, the Government announced its intention to modernise the way in which we register births and deaths,
and give notice to marry. Those proposals were outlined in a White paper: 'Civil Registration: Vital Change'
in 2002 and a subsequent Consultation Document in July 2003. The formal consultation in now closed.
The consultation offered you a once in a lifetime opportunity to:
- Influence change in data collection for registrable events - especially births and deaths,
- Make the case for the introduction of ethnicity as part of the registration process.
The London Health Observatory has responded to the consultation and has led a campaign to record ethnicity at birth and death registration.
The Government decided to use the order-making powers of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 to change the law. In July 2004, the Order relating to
registering births and deaths was presented to two parliamentary committees by the then Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Ruth Kelly. In
December 2004, both committees concluded that it was an inappropriate use of the order-making powers of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001.
The Government is now seeking new approaches to reforming birth and death registration.
Civil Registration - Resources
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