The Register Office performance and customer satisfaction
We will aim to register 98% of births within 42 calendar days from date of birth.
| Month | Birth registrations | Total registered within 42 days |
|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | 319 | 63% |
| February 2022 | 328 | 84% |
| March 2022 | 336 | 95% |
We will aim to register 90% of deaths (excluding post mortem and inquest cases) within five calendar days of the event.
It is a statutory duty to register deaths within five calendar days and we ensure that appointments are available within two working days from when customers contact us. Approximately 5% of deaths requires some local authority investigation before they can be registered. This makes reaching the national target very challenging and the General Register Office is aware of the problem.
| Month | Death registrations | Total registered within 5 days |
|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | 102 | 35% |
| February 2022 | 78 | 35% |
| March 2022 | 86 | 64% |
We will aim to see 95% of our customers early, on time or within 10 minutes of the appointment time.
| Month | Total number of customers arrived on time | % seen within 10 minutes of appointment |
|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | 283 | 99% |
| February 2022 | 412 | 98% |
| March 2022 | 407 | 96% |
We will aim to respond to all enquiries, including email enquiries, within 10 working days.
We will aim to acknowledge all complaints within two working days and provide a full response within 10 working days.
| During your enquiry, how happy were you with the reception services? (On a scale of 1–10 [10 being the most satisfied]) | |
|---|---|
| January 2022 | 8.00 |
| February 2022 | 7.00 |
| March 2022 | 7.67 |
| During your enquiry, how happy were you with the Officer? (On a scale of 1–10 [10 being the most satisfied]) | |
|---|---|
| January 2022 | 8.63 |
| February 2022 | 8.17 |
| March 2022 | 7.68 |
| How easy was it to obtain a registration appointment online? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Good availability | Limited availability | Poor availability | |
| January 2022 | 65% | 16% | 19% |
| February 2022 | 67% | 17% | 16% |
| March 2022 | 78% | 15% | 7% |
You can give us feedback in a variety of ways.
Giving us feedback
There are a number of different types of feedback you can give to us:
- We want to hear your suggestions and ideas about services.
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If you are unhappy with something we have done you can complain. We want to provide a good quality service. If things go wrong we need to know so that we can put them right.
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Tell us when you think a council employee or service has done well.