asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the increases in the fees charged for birth, marriage and death certificates over the course of the past 20 years, giving the date when each increase took effect.Sir George Young: The fees for certified copies of entries of birth, death and marriage and short certificates of birth have been increased on the following occasions in the past 20 years:able for research on a basis not dissimilar from that provided in the case of census and many other categories of public records.

This would require legislation.