Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
(asked on 9th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of average time it takes to register a death.
This question was answered on 21st February 2023
No estimate has been made. The General Register Office is part of His Majesty's Passport Office and oversees civil registration in England and Wales
In England and Wales, the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 requires a qualified informant to register the death of an individual within 5 days of the death taking place.