new price for GRO certs

[Mort29]

Yes, I will think twice before ordering a certificate but only to make as sure as I can that I am ordering the correct certificate

Thats going to be harder now that the 'Reference Checking' service will be withdrawn.

The GRO is already funded by the Taxpayer; it was set up like that. If there is now a remit to run 'break even' or even profitable on 'value added' services, then their books should be open to inspection.

[Redroger]

"The only chance of getting the law changed will come when a competent government sits in Westminster."

Not anytime soon then Guy!

[andycand]

competent government

Isn't that an oxymoron?

Andy

[Redroger]

I think competent civil servant would fit that bill better!

[LizzieW]

when you register a birth, Marriage or Death they ask how many copies you want it is for each copy you will now have to pay 7 pound

When I registered my parents' deaths (not at the same time), the registrar asked how many copies of the death certificate I wanted, as she knew that some banks and other companies want original deaths certs, not photocopies.  I had 6 each time, and all that happened was she put 6 pieces of the appropriate paper in the printer and printed off 6 copies.  I thought £3.50 was a lot to pay for each copy, especially as apart from the extra paper, all the registrar had to do was type 6, rather than 1 when typing in the number of copies.  Now it is to be £7 it really is a rip off.

Lizzie

[carol8353]

Isn't that an oxymoron?

Andy

Aren't all politicians Moron's......oxy or otherwise  

[Latchfordian]

So far there have been 140 replies to this thread and just a couple in favour of this unjustified price-hike, on the grounds that it is in line with inflation. In my opinion the original price of £7 was a rip-off and the new price even more so, regardless of inflation. I can get a will from my county archives for the very reasonable sum of £3 and that might run to a dozen pages or more. I guess it's only a matter of time before they double or triple that price on the grounds that it shouldn't be subsidised by the council tax payers. I hope no local authority chief execs on their £500K salaries are reading this! 

[davidft]

I hope no local authority chief execs on their £500K salaries are reading this! 

there is not a single local authority chief executive on a salary of £500k or anything like that.

Making statements like that makes it easy for the bigwigs at the GRO to rubbish all the relevant and considered posts on this thread as they merely point to the foolish ones and tar all the others with the same brush 

[Latchfordian]

there is not a single local authority chief executive on a salary of £500k or anything like that.

Making statements like that makes it easy for the bigwigs at the GRO to rubbish all the relevant and considered posts on this thread as they merely point to the foolish ones and tar all the others with the same brush 

I believe what I said was indeed relevant and considered and the last line was added for the benefit of those who have some sense of humour.  To that end the £500K reference was a slight exaggeration, though we know for a fact that the average is £150K.