Geraldine Lynch (Dumfries) - For services to the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

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The biggest impact will be felt at the Home Office, which oversees the registration of marriages, civil partnerships, births and deaths.

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These figures are from the country's Sample Registration System (SRS), a comprehensive monthly survey of 1.5m households on births and deaths.

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