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Our Ref LSTO25/271
20 October 2025
Dear
Thank you for your correspondence received 15 September 2025 t o the Registrar General
for England and Wales. I have been asked t o reply.
It may be helpful i f I explain that The General Register Office i s responsible for birth
registration in England and Wales i n accordance with the Births and Deaths Registration
Act 1953.
When a birth i s registered i t i s simply a record o f the event a s it happened at the time,
there i s n o transfer o f ownership nor does it create a contract nor a claim for a n estate.
The Registrar General i s only responsible for matters regarding civil registration.
Yours sincerely
J G
Passports, Citizenship, and Civil Registration
Customer Services
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