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Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 September 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 September 2016. It was answered by Caroline Dinenage (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 September 2016 on behalf of the Women and Equalities.


Civil Partnerships and Marriage

Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many (a) civil partnerships, (b) conversions of civil partnerships into marriages and (c) same sex marriages have taken place since 10 December 2014.

Answer

According to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics:

(a) In 2015, a total of 861 civil partnerships were formed in England and Wales.

(b) 7,732 couples in England and Wales converted their existing civil partnership into a marriage between 10 December 2014 and 30 June 2015.

(c) A total of 7,366 marriages were formed in England and Wales between same sex couples between 29 March 2014 (when the legislation came into effect) and 30 June 2015.

This information is available online at: http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
45544
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Civil partnerships Marriage
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk