§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide a list of the increases in the charges made since 1945 for birth, marriage and death certificates from the General Register Office, together with the years in which they came into effect.
§ Mr. DeakinsI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave to the hon. Member for Walsall, North (Mr. Hodgson) on 24th November 1977.—[Vol. 939, c.897–8.]
The fee for a short certificate of birth obtained from a superintendent registrar or at the General Register Office was increased to £1.50 on 1st January 1978.