Marriage: Ceremonies
(asked on 14th September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many religious denominations which had no registered places of worship for the purpose of solemnising opposite-sex marriages prior to 2013 have registered such places of worship since 2013; and to list those denominations and places by the date of their first registration.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Five denominations, which had no places of worship registered for the purpose of solemnizing marriages prior to 2013, have since registered. They are:
Denomination | Place | Date of Registration |
Hillsong Church | Newcastle Upon Tyne | 30/09/2013 |
Scientologist | London | 18/12/2013 |
Universal Truth | Surrey | 01/06/2014 |
Glorious Church | Milton Keynes | 25/06/2014 |
Indian Orthodox | Bristol | 31/05/2016 |