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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-12-06more like thismore than 2023-12-06
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Marriage more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the prevalence of arranged marriages in the UK. more like this
tabling member constituency Falkirk remove filter
tabling member printed
John McNally more like this
uin 5595 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-12-19more like thismore than 2023-12-19
answer text <p>The Government has not made a recent assessment on the prevalence of arranged marriages in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In an arranged marriage the families take a leading role in choosing the marriage partner, but the marriage is entered into freely by both parties.</p><p> </p><p>This is in contrast to a forced marriage, where one or both people do not or cannot consent to the marriage and pressure or abuse is used to force them into the marriage.</p><p> </p><p>It is also a forced marriage when anything is done to make someone marry before they turn 18, even if there is no pressure or abuse.</p><p> </p><p>More information on forced marriage can be found here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage</a></p> more like this
answering member constituency Newbury more like this
answering member printed Laura Farris more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-12-19T10:03:00.063Zmore like thismore than 2023-12-19T10:03:00.063Z
answering member
4826
label Biography information for Laura Farris more like this
tabling member
4424
label Biography information for John McNally more like this