Civil Registration of Births Dataset

Birth registrations are provided by local registries to the General Registry Office, then on to ONS for codification. 

Direction  

Sections 254(1) and (6), 274(2) and 304(9), (10), (11) and (12) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and Regulation 32 of the National Institute for Health and Social Care Excellence (Constitution and Functions) and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Functions) Regulations 2013. 

Legal basis for the collection of the data

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (HSCA 2012) section 254. 

Data Provision Notice

To be confirmed.

Legal basis for the provision of data  

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (HSCA 2012) section 259. 

Legal basis for processing the data 

The UK GDPR Article 6 lawful basis for the processing of the personal data within this collection falls under: 

• Article 6(1)(e) processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. 

The UK GDPR Article 9 condition for processing special categories of personal data within the collection falls under: 

• Article 9 2 (h) processing is necessary for the provision of health care or treatment, and for the management of health care systems or services. 

Transparency notice  

Find out more about the Transparency Notice.

Lag time from collection to dissemination 

Three months - so  September's data is sent in December. 

Frequency  

The 24th of each month. 

Commissioning extracts specification

Births Dataset specification. 

Suppression rules

To be confirmed.