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<p>The Office for National Statistics has published data on the rates of divorce and
civil partnership dissolution, available at <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/vitalstatisticspopulationandhealthreferencetables"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/vitalstatisticspopulationandhealthreferencetables</a>.
The most recent data is for 2017. These rates are not directly comparable, given that
no civil partnerships can date back before the first formations in 2005. The first
dissolutions took place in 2007.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that committed
family relationships are important to society. That is why the Prime Minister has
announced that the Government will extend civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.</p><p>
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