§ Mr. Patrick Jenkinasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps the Registrar General takes to ensure that local registrars, when asking questions of persons registering a birth concerning their employment status, inform those persons that the information is not required by law and that they are not therefore obliged to supply it.
§ Mr. EnnalsStanding instructions to registrars require them to make it clear to every informant that, although the information serves a useful purpose in relation to statistical analysis, it is not required by law to be given and the informant is not, therefore, obliged to supply it.