HC Deb 27 June 1972 vol 839 c310W
Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what alternative documentary evidence is acceptable to Her Majesty's Passport Office in the case of inability of applicants to produce a birth certificate due to the omission of a parent or other responsible person to register the birth at the appropriate time.

Mr. Kershaw

In the extremely rare cases where a birth certificate is not available because of failure to register the birth, Passport Office requirements can usually be satisfied by a baptismal certificate, a statement from the first school attended or by a statutory declaration made by an older member of the immediate family who has personal knowledge of the facts of the birth.