This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition National insurance number on birth certificate. For the sake of the children!
Make it mandatory for national insurance numbers to be on birth certificates to make locating a childs father easier and giving your child the right to a equal relationship with both parents. Social services stated it is not mandatory or common practice to check birth certificates.
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Having the insurance number on the birth certificate should be mandatory for the sake of the children. Currently it is NOT mandatory for social services to see a child's birth certificate. For example if a mother refused to give fathers details it is not practice for them to see a birth certificate wich ultimately means the father will not be contacted. This been the case leads to parents and children been failed by social services and family court.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about certain arrangements regarding parental responsibility for children, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
We could accept a petition calling for the National Insurance numbers of both parents to be recorded on birth certificates, but this would not result in any changes to parental responsibility or arrangements for contact with children.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Require both parents to be present to register a child's birth: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/573775
Give children and parents automatic rights to equal contact after separation: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552465
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