Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the value of the (a) lowest, (b) highest and (c) average emergency loan granted to victims of forced marriage in each year since 2010.
We do not hold data for the value of emergency loans granted to victims of forced marriage prior to 2012. Based on best available data, we have made the following estimate of the value of emergency loans granted to victims of forced marriage for years since 2012:
2012:
(a). Lowest: £340.00
(b). Highest: £991.00
(c). Average: £579.64
2013:
(a). Lowest: £62.00
(b). Highest £826.00
(c). Average: £493.18
2014
(a). Lowest: £107.00
(b). Highest: £1,376.10
(c). Average: £608.85
2015
(a). Lowest: £388.25
(b). Highest: £701.00
(c). Average: £536.85
2016
(a). Lowest: £100.00
(b). Highest £1,203.40
(c). Average: £579.43
2017
(a). Lowest: £647.00
(b). Highest: £922.96
(c). Average: £717.02