National insurance number on birth certificate. For the sake of the children! · petition

What the petition asks

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.

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.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked 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: Require both parents to be present to register a child's birth

Give children and parents automatic rights to equal contact after separation: Give children and parents automatic rights to equal contact after separation

If you wanted to start a new petition making a different request you'd need to provide your full name.

Timeline

6 Apr 2021	Petition opened for signatures
12 Apr 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee