Births Registrations in England and Wales, 1982-2020: Secure Access

<p>The <i>Births Registrations in England and Wales, 1982-2019: Secure Access</i> study includes annual data files for all births registered in England and Wales from 1982 to 2019. Birth registration is a legal requirement under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1836. The registration of births occurring in England and Wales is a service carried out by the Local Registration Service in partnership with the General Register Office (GRO). Information collected at birth registration is recorded on the Registration Online (RON) system by Registrars. Most of the information is usually supplied by the parent(s). For live births, details of the birth weight are transferred to the Registrar from the NHS birth notification. Further information about live birth statistics is available from the Office for National Statistics <a class="external" href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths" title="live births">live births</a> web page.<br> <br> Prospective users will need to apply for access to this controlled access data via the UK Data Service Secure Lab. Further information is available on the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/find-data/access-conditions/secure-application-requirements/" target="_blank">Apply to Access Controlled Data in SecureLab</a><a href="https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/how-to-access/accesssecurelab/apply" title="Access to the Secure Lab"></a> web pages.<br><br><span style="font-style: italic;">Latest edition information:</span><br>For the eighth edition (January 2022), the 2020 data file has been added to the study, along with a new documentation file looking at the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 births data.</p>