Forced Marriage

(asked on 5th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted with (i) forcing someone to marry and (ii) the breach of a forced marriage protection order since the coming into force of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 18th January 2018

The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for offences related to forced marriage, in England and Wales from 2014 to 2016, can be viewed in the table attached at Annex A.

Court proceedings data for 2017 is planned for publication in May 2018.

Charging data is not held by the Ministry of Justice.

Annex A:

Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for offences related to forced marriage, England and Wales, 2014 to 2016 (1)(2)(3)

Offence

Outcome

2014

2015

2016

Forced marriage

Proceeded against

2

1

3

Found guilty

1

-

-

Breach of forced marriage protection order

Proceeded against

2

3

8

Found guilty

2

1

5

'-' = Nil

(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons 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.

(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. Consequently, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

(3) Offences under S120 (breach of protection orders) and 121 (forced marriage) Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.

Ref: PQ 121290

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