Written question asked by Bishop of St Albans (Bishops (affiliation)) on Monday, 22 February 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 March 2021. It was answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) on Monday, 8 March 2021 on behalf of the Home Office.
Forced Marriage
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were (1) charged, and (2) convicted, with (a) forcing someone to marry, and (b) breaching a forced marriage protection order, under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017, (iii) 2018, (iv) 2019, and (v) 2020.
- Answer
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The Home office does not hold information on the number of people that were charged with forced marriage offences or breaching a forced marriage protection order.
The number of convictions for forced marriage offences is held by the Ministry of Justice.
The number of convictions for offences relating to forced marriage and breaching forced marriage protection orders for calendar years 2016-2019 can be found in the table below.
Found Guilty
2016
2017
2018
2019
36.1 Forced marriage
0
0
3
0
66.6 Breach of a forced marriage protection order
5
1
4
2
Data for 2020 is due to be published in May 2021.
The figures given in the table relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL13499
- Session
- 2019-21
- Related items
- Subjects
- Convictions Forced marriage Forced marriage protection orders
- Legislation
- Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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