Statement of births, marriages and deaths during 2008

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A decision made 17 December 2009 regarding: Statement of births, marriages and deaths during 2008.

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2009- 0119
Decision Summary Title :	Registrar’s Statistics 2008		Date of Decision Summary:	11 December 2009
Decision Summary Author:	Executive Officer Home Affairs		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Statement of births, marriages and deaths during 2008		Date of Written Report:	9 December 2009
Written Report Author:	Superintendent Registrar		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Statement as to the number of births, marriages and deaths registered in the twelve Parishes of the Island during 2008.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the Statement of births, marriages and deaths for the year 2008.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 75 of the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law 2001 requires the Minister for Home Affairs to report to the States each year the number of births, marriages and deaths registered in the preceding year.
Resource Implications: There are no financial implications to the Home Affairs Department from this decision.
Action required: The Executive Officer, Home Affairs to request the Greffier of the States to present the Statement to the States as a Report.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Statement of births, marriages and deaths during 2008

Home Affairs Department
Subject:	Statement as to the number of births, marriages and deaths registered in the twelve parishes of the Island during 2008
Exempt Clause:	Public	Date:	9 December 2009

Author:	Sue Groves, Superintendent Registrar

Report for Minister

The Superintendent Registrar is pleased to present the Statement as to the number of births, marriages and deaths registered in the twelve parishes of the Island during 2008 to the Minister.

Article 75 of the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law, 2001 requires that:

“The Minister shall, each year, report to the States the number of births, stillbirths, marriages and deaths registered, in the preceding year, pursuant to this Law.”

The delay in forwarding this statement is due to a combination of circumstances most of which relate to the change in staff at the Office and their inexperience of the systems. The Superintendent Registrar took over in the final quarter of the year with only limited experience of certain aspects of her job including the collection and processing of the returns. Some registrars were slow to make their returns within the first quarter of the year which further delayed the process. At the same time she had to induct her two colleagues (one entirely new to the service) into their new posts and in the New Year had the unwelcome consequences of a water leak into her premises to deal with.

As we are close to the year end, the option of reporting the 2008 figures at the same time as those for 2009 was considered. However, in view of the requirement to report ‘each year’, it was considered more appropriate to make the report in 2009, albeit later than normally expected.

Recommendation:

The Minister is asked to approve the Statement as to the number of births, marriages and deaths registered in the twelve parishes of the Island during 2008, as attached for publication.

Sue Groves

Superintendent Registrar