Set up by Act of Parliament in 1837, the statutory registration service is overseen by the Registrar General as part of the General Register Office (now part of the Home Office Identity and Passport Service) but provided locally by the county or unitary local authority.
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Following the implementation of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, the General Register Office continues to be part of a ministerially-accountable department, becoming a part of the Identity & Passport Service in the Home Office and the post of Registrar-General is now held by its head.