Death Certificates: Fees and Charges

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential cost of obtaining certified copies of death certificates from the General Register Office; and whether she has plans to review those fees.

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1. 10 April 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential cost of obtaining certified copies of death certificates from the General Register Office; and whether she has plans to review those fees.

   Source: Commons

2. 20 April 2026

   Answer

   Civil registration fees, including those for issuing certificates, are set at a level to recover the full cost of delivering the service in line with HM Treasury’s Managing Public Money Principles. All fees are reviewed to prevent them falling below cost ...

   Source: Written answer

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