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<p>Based on the latest publicly available data from the Office of National Statistics,
since the Civil Partnership Act came into force in December 2005, the total number
of civil partnerships formed in England and Wales up to the end of 2014 is 62,621.</p><br
/><p>From January 2007 to December 2014, there were 4,527 civil partnerships dissolutions
in England and Wales.</p><br /><p>A total of 7,732 couples chose to convert their
existing civil partnership into a marriage in the six months between 10 December 2014
and 30 June 2015 in England and Wales.</p><br /><p>This information is available from
the Office of National Statistics: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html?nscl=Civil+Partnerships"
target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/taxonomy/index.html?nscl=Civil+Partnerships</a></p>
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