Tell us Once
When you have had a baby in addition to registering
the birth with the registrar, you may also need to contact other
government departments, such as the Department for Work and
Pensions, HMRC and other local authority services to inform them
that your circumstances have changed.
'Tell us Once' is a free service where when you register the
birth at the Register Office we then help you give the information
to those agencies and local authority services.
Register a birth with the
registrar
How you can contact us to use the service
If your baby was born in Rochdale or if you are a resident of
Rochdale and your baby was born in hospital in Oldham, then you
will need to make an appointment to register the birth. When you
make your appointment you will be offered the Tell us Once service
automatically.
- Rochdale Register Office (tel. 01706 924785)
Who we can give the information to
In using the Tell us Once service we can then contact the
following organisations on your behalf:
Department of Work and
Pensions
- Income Support (IS)
- Jobseekers Allowance (Contribution Based) (JSA(CB))
- Jobseekers Allowance (Income Based) (JSA(IB))
- Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related) (ESA)
HMRC
- Child Benefit
- Child Tax Credits
- Working Tax Credits
Local Authority
- Housing Benefit (HB)
- Council Tax Benefit (CTB)
- Library Services
- Family Information Services (FIS)
How we will treat the information you give us
We will treat all the information you give us securely. The
organisations we give your information to will use it to update
records; to initiate /end services, benefits and entitlements as
appropriate; and to resolve any outstanding issues. They may use
the information we give them in other ways, but only as the law
allows.
Information you will need to use the service
We want to make sure we give the right information to any
organisations we contact. So we will need the following information
about the parents named in the birth entry:
- Their National Insurance number and date of birth
- Details of any benefits or services they are receiving.
If the parents bring to the appointment a completed child
benefit form with the accompanying pre paid envelope, the Registrar
will verify the form to confirm that the birth has been registered
and then submit the form on the parents behalf. When a Registrar
verifies the child benefit form, a birth certificate does not need
to be submitted.
Application
form for Child Benefit
If parents intend to apply for Child Tax Credits and Working Tax
Credits, using the Tell us Once service can fast track your
application.