Birth certificate numbers
Dear General Register Office,
I am making this FOI request on the birth certificate numbers
a) Are the numbers on our birth certificates unique to the people named on them?
b) does anyone in Great Britain/United kingdom share the same birth certificate numbers?
c) wouldnt it allow room for fraud if numbers were shared?
Yours faithfully,
Amanda-Jane
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Gadawodd michael john anodiad ()
Hi beccy i think you forgot to mention the other birth certificate one can hold you know the one, its got a margin down the right hand side containing ,first name and the surname , on the left hand side there is only the christian name, no surname (strange) . Do you have any further inforamtion on this Beccy
As you told me before you are non-practising legal ,
So you should be well AWARE ??
(Marginalize)
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Gadawodd Becky Bbear anodiad ()
Amanda-Jane/Interested Readers:
There are two 'types' of Birth Certificate issued in the UK, a 'full' certificate containing all the information recorded in the actual Register and a 'short' certificate containing less information.
Both are issued using pre-printed certificate forms which are completed by hand, by the relevant local Registrar or a member of their staff.
Birth Certificates are not 'proof of identity' only proof of the birth of the person named on the certificate. This is clearly pre-printed on each certificate.
Birth Certificates cannot be 'shared' since each relates only to the specific person identified on the Certificate. Twins/Triplets/etc get one each for that very reason.
This link shows a 'full' certificate for general reference -
https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h....
The forms are pre-printed with serial numbers, for example QBN 004298, and no two forms share the same serial number. The forms are issued to local Registrar Offices in batches and re-ordered as needed from a central supplier - while it is always possible an error in a print run could lead to a serial number appearing on more than a single form, as a back-up each certificate issued has its own unique hand-written application number (that being the reference to the specific application/request made for a copy of that particular certificate).
The chance of two identical application numbers and serial number appearing on a singe form ranges between very unlikely and non-existent.
Hope this clarifies things and is helpful.
Becky