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date	27/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Names: Deed Poll
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is any limit on the number of occasions that an individual can register a change of name by enrolled deed poll; and if not, what assessment they have made of the implications for (1) national security, (2) the work of the police, and (3) money laundering.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL7525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>There is no limit to the number of times a person can change their name by the enrolled deed poll process. This is consistent with long stablished common law rights for people to change their name and the European Convention of Human Rights. Changing a name for a deceptive or fraudulent purpose could however be prosecuted as part of the underlying fraud or deception.</p><p> </p><p>Upon enrolment the deed is advertised in the London Gazette by the High Court providing a searchable public record of enrolled deed name changes. As such, the Government does not believe there are any grounds for concerns relating to national security, the work of the police or money laundering arising from the process.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL7526 question first answered 10/05/2023 14:16:48 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

1624543

registered interest
date	27/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Names: Deed Poll
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what facilities exist for (1) the police, and (2) the public, to establish previous changes of name by enrolled deed poll of individuals.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL7526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>There is no limit to the number of times a person can change their name by the enrolled deed poll process. This is consistent with long stablished common law rights for people to change their name and the European Convention of Human Rights. Changing a name for a deceptive or fraudulent purpose could however be prosecuted as part of the underlying fraud or deception.</p><p> </p><p>Upon enrolment the deed is advertised in the London Gazette by the High Court providing a searchable public record of enrolled deed name changes. As such, the Government does not believe there are any grounds for concerns relating to national security, the work of the police or money laundering arising from the process.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL7525 question first answered 10/05/2023 14:16:48 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford