Written question asked by Helen Jones (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 March 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 31 March 2014 (named day). It was answered by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 1 April 2014 on behalf of the Home Office.
Forced Marriage
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested for breach of a forced marriage protection order in each year since such orders came into force.
- Answer
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The information requested is not collected centrally by the Home Office.
Powers of arrest for breach of a forced marriage protection order are currently issued by the civil courts. Arrests for civil offences are not covered by the Home Office arrest collection.
Breach of a forced marriage protection order will become an offence when section 120 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 comes into force in summer 2014.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 578 cc613-5W; 193700
- Session
- 2013-14
- Subjects
- Arrests Forced marriage protection orders
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
- View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk
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- Timestamp
- 2025-05-03 10:22:26 +0100
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