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.

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.