Written Question·Home Office·UIN 85820
Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: LGBT+ People
Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025
Question
Melanie Onn
Labour — Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure registrars receive clear (a) guidance and (b) training on registering births to same-sex couples who conceive after marriage.
Answer
Mike TappThe General Register Office for England and Wales provides handbooks and e-learning products to registrars. These cover the whole range of registration duties.