General Register Office for Scotland (GRO(S))

The General Register Office for Scotland (GRO(S)) is a Non-Ministerial Department, part of the Scottish Administration.

GRO(S) are responsible for information about Scotland’s people, principally: 

• overseeing the registration of births, marriages, deaths and other vital events
• providing key family history information to the public
• running the Census
• providing a population register for use by the National Health Service (NHS) and local authorities, and 
• using Census and other data to provide statistics about present and likely future populations and households

Statistical products managed:
Total: 45
National Statistics: 41
Other Official Statistics: 4