Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Monday, 6 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 December 2004. It was answered by Keith Hill (Labour) on Monday, 20 December 2004 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his latest estimate is of the number of people who (a) move home and (b) get married in a year. - Inc figures.

Answer: David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his latest estimate is of the number of people who (a) move home and (b) get married in a year. [203514] Keith Hill: I have been asked to reply. Using data from the Survey of English Housing, it is estimated that in 2003-04 there were 2,630,000 moves by households in England. The provisional figure for the number of marriages in England is 242,000 in 2002, which is the latest estimate provided by the Office for National Statistics. An estimate for 2003 will be published in the summer of 2005.

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