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# Civil Registration Service

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Length of time to register a death may be cut from three months to less than one
'It's a nightmare': Parents still experiencing delays of up to eight weeks for birth registrations
Birth numbers continued to decrease in 2019 as deaths increased slightly
New birth, marriage and death records made available for public to access online