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Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

May. 09 2024

Source Page: Forced Marriage Unit statistics 2023
Document: Forced Marriage Unit statistics 2023 (webpage)

Found: Forced Marriage Unit statistics 2023


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

May. 09 2024

Source Page: Forced Marriage Unit statistics 2023
Document: (ODS)

Found: Forced Marriage Unit statistics 2023


Deposited Papers
Home Office

Dec. 03 2010

Source Page: Forced marriage and learning disabilities: multi-agency practice guidelines. 32 p.
Document: DEP2010-2162.pdf (PDF)

Found: Forced marriage and learning disabilities: multi-agency practice guidelines. 32 p.


Deposited Papers

Jul. 02 2009

Source Page: Multi-agency practice guidelines: Handling cases of Forced Marriage. 105 p.
Document: DEP2009-1879.pdf (PDF)

Found: Multi-agency practice guidelines: Handling cases of Forced Marriage. 105 p.


Deposited Papers

Jul. 20 2009

Source Page: Forced Marriage Case Handling guide for MPs and constituency offices. 13 p.
Document: DEP2009-2078.pdf (PDF)

Found: Forced Marriage Case Handling guide for MPs and constituency offices. 13 p.


Deposited Papers
Ministry of Justice

Nov. 13 2008

Source Page: Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 - relevant third party. Response to consultation. 59 p.
Document: DEP2008-2709.pdf (PDF)

Found: Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 - relevant third party.


Written Question
Forced Marriage: British Nationality
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Baroness Gohir (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government between 2018 and 2022 how many British citizens, if any, have reported being in a forced marriage to individuals in the UK who have students visas.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Since April 2019, police forces in England and Wales have been required to provide quarterly data returns to the Home Office on so-called ‘honour’-based abuse offences, including forced marriage. The most recent data show 172 forced marriage related offences recorded in the year ending March 2023.

In addition, the joint Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) also publishes statistics on forced marriage cases reported to the unit. The most recent statistics show the FMU provided support in 280 cases of forced marriage in 2023.

The Home Office does not hold data on forced marriages relating to individuals with student visas.


Written Question
Forced Marriage Unit: Training
Monday 26th February 2024

Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many professionals the Forced Marriage Unit delivered training to in 2023; and how many people took the Forced Marriage Unit’s “Awareness of Forced Marriage” free online course in 2023.

Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

In 2023, the Forced Marriage Unit delivered training to a total of 3657 professionals through their bespoke training and workshops.

We currently do not have the figure for how many people took the free online course in 2023 - these will be released in due course. In 2022, 5,029 people from a wide range of professions took the Government's "Awareness of Forced Marriage" free online course.


Written Question
Ethiopia: Forced Marriage
Thursday 1st February 2024

Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has taken steps with international partners to address the incidence of forced marriage of young girls and women from religious minorities in Ethiopia; and whether he has had recent discussions with his Ethiopian counterpart on this issue.

Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)

The UK is committed to stepping up our international leadership on child marriage, to give girls a greater say over their bodies and futures. We are a champion of the UN Global Programme to End Child Marriage and we have supported over 140,000 adolescent girls in Ethiopia with interventions to prevent and respond to child marriage.


Written Question
Female Genital Mutilation: Forced Marriage
Thursday 23rd May 2024

Asked by: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 29 April (HL3804), (1) when the feasibility report on prevalence estimates for female genital mutilation and forced marriage will be published, and (2) when they will publish their response to those findings.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office commissioned the University of Birmingham in 2023 to conduct a feasibility study on the possibility of developing prevalence estimates for female genital mutilation and forced marriage.

We have now received the final report on the feasibility study. We are currently considering the findings of the report carefully and engaging with the police and other partners. We will confirm our next steps in due course.