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Ms. S

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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 29)

6 birth records obsolete from the RON system
Response by General Register Office to Ms. S on 23 June 2022.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Ms Lawson   Please see the attached response to your information request.   Yours sincerely   Her Majesty's Passport Office    ...
Information pertaining to the 6 births not included in the RON system
Response by Office for National Statistics to Ms. S on 16 June 2022.

Awaiting classification.

Our Reference: FOI/2022/4242 Dear Ms S, Thank you for your request and our apologies for the delay in our response to you. To clarify our previous r...
Archived Birth notifications
Follow up sent to NHS Digital by Ms. S on 18 March 2022.

Long overdue.

Dear NHS Digital Enquiries (NHS DIGITAL), Miss Shirley Lawson Yours sincerely, Ms. S
System number
Response by General Register Office to Ms. S on 7 March 2022.

Successful.

Dear Ms S Lawson   Please see the attached response to your information request.   Yours sincerely   Her Majesty’s Passport Office    ...
Registration Service Software (RSS)
Response by General Register Office to Ms. S on 7 March 2022.

Partially successful.

Dear Ms S Lawson   Please see the attached response to your information request.   Yours sincerely   Her Majesty’s Passport Office    ...
Issuing a passport in a different surname
Response by General Register Office to Ms. S on 10 January 2022.

Partially successful.

Dear Miss Lawson Thank you for your email. I confirm that our response dated 21 December 2021 answered your enquiry. I have attached a copy of our res...
Running two systems since 2009
Response by General Register Office to Ms. S on 10 December 2021.

Information not held.

  Dear Ms Lawson,   Please see the attached in relation to your request for an internal review in response to your Freedom of Information reques...
Data received by the RON system used by the GRO
Response by Office for National Statistics to Ms. S on 6 December 2021.

Successful.

Our Reference: FOI/2021/3185   Dear S Lawson,   Thank you for your email requesting data pertaining to Birth records received via the RON to t...
Why is it illegal to photocopy a birth certificate or passport
Response by General Register Office to Ms. S on 2 December 2021.

Partially successful.

Dear Miss Lawson   Please find attached our response to your information request.   Yours sincerely   Her Majesty’s Passport Office    ...
Police outside of high schools
Follow up sent to Harrow High School, Harrow by Ms. S on 4 October 2021.

Long overdue.

Provide your email address for FOI? Yours faithfully, Ms. S
Police outside of high schools
Follow up sent to Harrow Borough Council by Ms. S on 4 October 2021.

Long overdue.

Dear Mohammed Baksh, You have stated that you do not hold the information but police have claimed that Harrow council have allowed police to run a po...
Problems with the national registration system
Response by General Register Office to Ms. S on 22 September 2021.

Partially successful.

Dear Miss Lawson Further to your email below, please find attached our response to your information request.   Yours sincerely   Her Majesty...
No signatures on birth certificates
Response by General Register Office to Ms. S on 22 September 2021.

Long overdue.

If your enquiry falls within the remit of a Freedom of Information request Her Majesty’s Passport Office will send you an acknowledgement within the...
TV license
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Ms. S. Annotated by Peter Jones on 9 September 2021.

Information not held.

I don't like the BBC, but this is a bone request. TV licence legislation only applies in the UK, NI, CI and IoM - it does not apply anywhere else. Tha...
Births and computer system
Response by Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency to Ms. S on 10 August 2021.

Successful.

Dear Ms Lawson   [1][FOI #769094 email]   Please see responses below in relation to the questions you have raised – the response has been brok...
No signatures and sharing personal data illegally
Response by General Register Office to Ms. S on 28 November 2019.

Long overdue.

Dear Ms Lawson The birth registration page is the original registration and the certificate is a certified copy of the information recorded in the reg...
The use of the RON system and the hospital notification
Response by Islington Borough Council to Ms. S on 5 April 2019.

Partially successful.

Dear Mrs S   Thank you for your email of 24 March.         Your request has been answered outside of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 but this...
Personal data processed via the RON (registration aka RSS) system in relation to the legislation
Follow up sent to General Register Office by Ms. S on 9 January 2019.

Long overdue.

Dear Jackson Diane, It has been several months since the request was sent to the GRO and you haven't responded to my reply. Yours sincerely, Ms....
34 Entry in register as evidence of birth or death. Sub section 2
Request to General Register Office by Ms. S. Annotated by Doug Paulley on 10 January 2016.

Long overdue.

I have removed an annotation or annotation(s) from this thread at the request of the user concerned. -- Doug - volunteer, WhatDoTheyKnow.com
Birth certificate and the Great Seal
Response by General Register Office to Ms. S on 23 October 2015.

Successful.

Dear Ms S, Thank you for your email. Please note that we have handled this as official correspondence rather than under the provisions of the Freedom...
HM passport policy – Birth certificates and full birth certificate policy published 7th February 2012
Response by HM Passport Office to Ms. S on 16 October 2015.

Refused.

Dear Ms S,   Thank you for your e-mail of 11 October 2015.   Section 8(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires that a request for i...
Clarification for short certificate of birth
Response by General Register Office to Ms. S on 16 October 2015.

Successful.

Ms S, The format of the birth certificate is the same as the format of the birth entry, so if that changes over time then so does the birth certifica...
What is falsifying a Birth Certificate
Response by City of London Police to Ms. S on 1 October 2015.

Information not held.

Classification: NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED Ms. S   Please find attached our reply to your request of 03/09/2015.   Regards     Bradley Skin...
Can you clarify the meaning
Response by House of Lords to Ms. S on 29 September 2015.

Information not held.

Dear Ms. S, I am writing in response to your e-mail (copied below). The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides a right of access to recorded inform...
Can you explain why? and is it legal?
Response by Islington Borough Council to Ms. S on 22 September 2015.

Successful.

Dear Miss S   Thank you for your enquiry about Islington Registrars asking parents to produce hospital documentation in order to register a birth....
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This person's 17 annotations

Original birth certificates and certificates of live birth
Request to General Register Office by Donna6700. Annotated by Ms. S on 22 January 2022.

Partially successful.

The format of the birth certificate has not changed but the way data is processed has changed over 10 years ago https://webarchive.nationalarchives....
Original birth certificates
Request to General Register Office by Leila. Annotated by Ms. S on 22 January 2022.

Successful.

If all birth certificates are completed and captured via the RON system, then t any reproductions would be the orginal regardless of the registry offic...
Certificate accuracy
Request to General Register Office by R J FUlton. Annotated by Ms. S on 11 October 2021.

Long overdue.

The GRO doesn't care about accuracy, they only care about 'doing their job'. They don't even know how to use the RON system and having been using two...
Registers and specimen certificates
Request to General Register Office by L-M Nelson. Annotated by Ms. S on 7 July 2021.

Successful.

Just read the response from the ICO, very interesting! As far the electronic versions of the specimen certificates, the computer layout can be found ht...
Layout and Language of Certificates of Birth
Request to General Register Office by Marge. Annotated by Ms. S on 1 July 2021.

Long overdue.

I 'm not sure if this could be the reason why there are two languages on the Certificate of birth - the New Oxford Style Manual and the second being Am...
Removing a birth certificate record from a privately owned website
Request to General Register Office by John Smith. Annotated by Ms. S on 26 June 2021.

Partially successful.

As birth records are not public records (public records act 1958- sch.1 (2) (b)) and you obviously didn't give permission for your birth certificate be...
Registers and specimen certificates
Request to General Register Office by L-M Nelson. Annotated by Ms. S on 26 June 2021.

Successful.

You might find this link useful https://securityfoiling.co.uk/birth-certificate
Legality of Birth Certificate certified copy for proof of identity at Passport Office
Request to General Register Office by Jessica Frances. Annotated by Ms. S on 26 June 2021.

Partially successful.

Birth certificates are used as a form of I.D but can't be accepted as I.D unless S. 34 of the BADA 1953 is complied with, the statue makes it a legal d...
Surname wrong
Request to General Register Office by Louise Hawksley. Annotated by Ms. S on 26 June 2021.

Partially successful.

Technically the RON system that is used to issue birth certificates wouldn't issue the birth birth certificate with the surname HILL YEMM, as it would...
Original UK birth certificate
Request to General Register Office by Robin. Annotated by Ms. S on 26 June 2021.

Successful.

From your FOI, I assume that the birth certificate was sent to certified as true copy as a form of I.D, officials only keep a birth certificate when it...
Certificate
Request to General Register Office by Marge. Annotated by Ms. S on 28 May 2021.

Long overdue.

If you are querying the authenticity of the birth certificate, you should photocopy it!
Certificates
Request to General Register Office by Amanda. Annotated by Ms. S on 25 May 2021.

Awaiting classification.

There is no manual style in terms of handwriting a birth certificate this has been replaced with the RON system https://webarchive.nationalarchives.go...
FOI on policy on not issuing birth certificates unless the full date of birth is known
Request to General Register Office by Dennis. Annotated by Ms. S on 4 May 2021.

Information not held.

I wonder if these further controls that are been put in place are on the Registrar's or the computer used (RON system)?
Birth certificate numbers
Request to General Register Office by Amanda-Jane. Annotated by Ms. S on 4 August 2019.

Long overdue.

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/registration/01Chapters1-11.pdf
Registration of Birth Certificates/Fully explained to Parents ?
Request to General Register Office by John Harris (Account suspended). Annotated by Ms. S on 29 July 2019.

Partially successful.

According to S. 34 (5) there should be no changes to the substance of the birth certificate, i.e. your signature. Before the RON system, every copy...
Registrars
Request to General Register Office by Dominik Schade. Annotated by Ms. S on 27 October 2018.

Partially successful.

This may be useful http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/registration/01Chapters1-11.pdf
Personal data processed via the RON (registration aka RSS) system in relation to the legislation
Request to General Register Office by Ms. S. Annotated by Ms. S on 19 October 2018.

Long overdue.

Correction to question 5 replace Data Protection Act 2018 with GDPR 5) Due to the GDPR 2018, how has birth certificates been processed fairly in rel...

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