Petition · past parliament

Prevent organisations from discriminating by demanding enrolled deed polls.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

UK Law does not prevent private organisations from having policy requiring enrolled deed polls, however these policies discriminate against vulnerable groups.
Please make organisational policies regulated and standardized, preventing companies from refusing unenrolled deed polls.
Enrolled deed polls put trans, non-binary and other vulnerable people at risk, making their change of name public and searchable: their old name, new name and home address will appear in The London Gazette.
While there is a different process of name change for vulnerable victims of crime, not every vulnerable person is considered a victim of crime, and a deed poll is the quickest and easiest way to change name, potentially preventing vulnerable individuals from ever becoming victims of crime.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Do not require deed polls to be enrolled to serve as a proof of name change

Timeline

3 Apr 2021 Petition opened for signatures
29 Apr 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 29 Apr 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.