new price for GRO certs

[dawnsh]

It would seem that they are also stopping the reference checking service.

So if you have 2 possible births and you know the fathers name, you'll now have to order both, you won't get a £4 rebate if one isn't a correct match.

Dawn

[FraserandFraser]

I was just about to post on that, do you have a bug in my office?

"Please note in addition that GRO have reviewed the range of services which we currently offer. We have been advised that there is no clear remit in statute for our charging for a service to check index references, or to retain partial fees.   In order to ensure full legal compliance, and in view of the fact that we cannot afford to offer this service free of charge, we are regretfully withdrawing our reference checking service from 6 April."

It was not in the main press release but in the additional notes from the GRO

[LizzieW]

Well, UK is in as much debt as Greece and the debt is growing daily, so the govt. has to try to claw back money in any way it can.  Thanks Prudence.

Lizzie

[dawnsh]

Not a bug, just on the GRO communication circulation list.

[FraserandFraser]

I asked about the bug because the managers and myself were just talking about that very point, no more than 1 minuet before 

[Luzzu]

Bad news  .

I don't know how they justify £7.00 never mind £9.25.

As the demand for certificates grows surely they should be looking at bringing the price down a bit not putting it up.

Luzzu

[Nick29]

I fear that this is the tip of the iceberg for government departments.  Gordon has got to pay off the national debt somehow 

[Sloe Gin]

I still think they would rake in more money by cutting the price.

[eadaoin]

this is an appeal to everyone !! Please

put a postem on FreeBMD for every single cert you have.
If everyone did this it would be a great help to people dithering about buying a cert

eadaoin