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Written Question
Civil Partnerships and Marriage: Northern Ireland
Monday 15th April 2024

Asked by: Stephen Farry (Alliance - North Down)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) same and (b) opposite sex couples in Northern Ireland have converted their (i) marriage to civil partnership and (ii) civil partnership to marriage.

Answered by Steve Baker - Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)

The General Register Office within the Northern Ireland Department of Finance is responsible for the administration of marriage and civil partnership law in Northern Ireland. They should be contacted for further information regarding this matter.

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Apr. 12 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024 (PDF)

Found: to a sham marriage or sham civil partnership, or who has enabled the marriage or civil partnershi p

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
UK Visas and Immigration

Apr. 12 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024 (PDF)

Found: to a sham marriage or sham civil partnership, or who has enabled the marriage or civil partnershi p

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Apr. 12 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 4 April 2024 to 9 April 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 4 April 2024 to 9 April 2024 (PDF)

Found: to a sham marriage or sham civil partnership, or who has enabled the marriage or civil partnershi p

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

Apr. 11 2024

Source Page: Monthly Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland): March 2024
Document: Monthly Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland): March 2024 (webpage)

Found: Monthly Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland): March 2024

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
HM Passport Office

Apr. 08 2024

Source Page: New Zealand: Knowledge Base profile
Document: New Zealand: Knowledge Base profile (webpage)

Found: This document includes information about: names nationality legitimacy and parental responsibility adoption

Scottish Government Publication (Strategy/plan)
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Ukraine Resettlement Directorate

Mar. 28 2024

Source Page: New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy: 2024
Document: New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy (PDF)

Found: Scottish Refugee Council.2 The Strategy both supports – and is supported through – the many partnerships

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 26 2024

Source Page: Homosexuality at the Foreign Office 1967 to 1991
Document: Homosexuality at the Foreign Office, 1967 to 1991 (PDF)

Found: the Civil Partnership Act 2004. 2013 The Marriage Act is passed in England and Wales, allowing same

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Mar. 25 2024

Source Page: Recruitment for two Non-Executive Directors
Document: Candidate Information Pack (PDF)

Found: In this context, we are also seeking to strengthen our bilateral and multilateral partnerships

Scottish Government Publication (Progress report)
Children and Families Directorate
Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
Education Reform Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Health and Social Care Finance, Digital and Governance Directorate
Justice Directorate
Mental Health Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate
Social Security Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Ukraine Resettlement Directorate

Mar. 25 2024

Source Page: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Scottish Government Initial Response to the Concluding Observations issued by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Document: Initial Response to the UN Committee’s Closing Observations (PDF)

Found: • Chapter 3 – Civil Rights and Freedoms - focuses on children’s civil rights and freedoms, including