Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services.

The Committee received a presentation regarding the Registration Service which covered the following areas:

•        Registration of key life events – Births, Deaths & Marriages

•        Register and conduct marriages and civil partnerships

•        Location – Guildhall and Islington Town Hall

•        Approve venues for civil marriage and civil partnership

•        Issue Administrate Religious buildings for worship.

Members noted that the key facts from 2017 included:

•        862 death registrations, 151 marriages & civil partnerships

•        91% of deaths registered within 5 days

•        Next day appointments available for deaths and statutory notices of marriage & civil partnership

•        85% of customers book appointments online

•        Ceremonies marketed through Say I Do website

•        Marketing exercise to attract more venues

•        High assurance rating from recent audit by General Register Office

•        Tell Us Once project – information on deaths to be shared with internal and external departments

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RESOLVED- that Members received the presentation.