Registration Service

Births - Registering

These pages give you information about how to register a birth that occurred in England or Wales. The registration systems in Scotland and Northern Ireland are different from that in England and Wales and each has its own General Register Office.

You can obtain further information about how to register a birth in Scotland or Northern Ireland by linking in to their websites.

Births in England or Wales must be registered in the district in which they take place although this may be arranged through any register office within these countries. Births in Wales may be registered bilingually in English and Welsh.

The main Act and regulations governing the registration of births and death are:

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (as amended)
The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 (as amended)
The Registration of Births and Deaths (Welsh Language) Regulations 1987 (as amended)

Searching the birth indexes

You can search through the birth index by filling in the online form in births historical searches.

Where and when to register a birth|

Who can register a birth|

Registering the birth of a child conceived after fertility treatment|

Registration where the father dies before a child is conceived|

Parental responsibility|

Information to be supplied for the registration of a birth|

What certificates will be issued?|

Changing the first name of my child|

Correcting a mistake in the naming of my child at the time of registration|

Further advice about registering a birth in England or Wales|

Registering a birth after 12 months|

How to apply|

Historical Search|

Birth re-registering|

Copy certificates|

Change of name by Deed Service

If it is not possible for us to change or amend your child's name on the birth certificate you may consider changing your child's name by Deed of Change of Name.

Barking and Dagenham Register Office is pleased to offer a Change of Name by Deed Service delivered by our selected partners, The Name Change Company Limited.

A Change of Name Deed for 1 person, adult or child, costs £33. Any additional Deed's you purchase at the same time cost £23 each.

For full details of the Deed of Change of Name service and to apply, visit the Name Change Company Limited website.

A Deed of Change of Name will not change the original birth registration. The Deed should be kept with the birth certificate and this will provide evidence that the child is being brought up in a surname different to that recorded in the birth registration.

Contact

Frances Stock

Superintendent Registrar

Arden House Register Office

198 Longbridge Road

Barking

IG11 8SY

Tel: 020 8270 4744

Fax: 020 8270 4745

Email: frances.stock@lbbd.gov.uk|