Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

What information is required to register a birth?

• Date and place of birth
• Full names and surname you have chosen for your baby
• Whether baby is a boy or a girl
• Full names, occupation, place and date of birth, and current address of mother
• If mother has ever married, her maiden name
• Full names, occupation, place and date of birth, and current address of father (if father included in birth entry)
• If parents are married, month and year of marriage and number of children the mother has had previously
• Baby's NHS Number, which is normally printed on either the cot card or yellow book from the hospital, or the Explaining the NHS Number leaflet