Forced Marriage
(asked on 21st July 2016) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many forced marriages the Forced Marriage Unit has helped prevent since 2005.
This question was answered on 5th September 2016
Figures on cases of potential or actual forced marriage reported to the Forced Marriage Unit via its public helpline and email inbox are published on GOV.UK on an annual basis and already includes data for 2012-2015. Figures for 2005-11 are provided below.
Year Total number of cases
2011 1,468
2010 1,735
2009 1,682
2008 1,618
2007 262
2006 197
2005 152