Written question asked by Baroness Laing of Elderslie (Conservative) on Monday, 20 May 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 June 2013. It was answered by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Monday, 3 June 2013 on behalf of the Home Office.

Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

Question

(2) what contact the Identity and Passport Office has had with Post Office Ltd concerning the Document Certification Service; and if she will publish any such correspondence.

[156837]

Mrs Laing:

Answer

The policy of the General Register Office is that when evidence is required of a birth, marriage, civil partnership or death, an official certified copy—issued either by the General Register Office or by the local register office for the district where the event took place—should be used.

Her Majesty’s Passport Office, formerly the Identity and Passport Service, has only received representations from the Notaries Society concerning Post Office Ltd’s Document Certification Service in the last three years.

There have been a number of business liaison meetings between Her Majesty’s Passport Office and Post Office Ltd, where the Document Certification Service has been one of the topics discussed. There has been no specific written correspondence relating to this topic.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 156837; 563 cc915-6W
Session: 2013-14
Subjects: Documents Post Office Identity and Passport Service
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

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