Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what work her Department undertakes with (a) refuges and (b) women's support groups on forced marriage.

The Government is committed to tackling the practice of forced marriage and providing the best protection possible to victims. We made forced marriage a criminal offence in 2014 to better protect victims and send a clear message that this abhorrent practice is totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated in the UK.

The joint Home Office/ Foreign Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) leads efforts to combat forced marriage both at home and abroad. The FMU works closely with a range of voluntary and community sector and support organisations, including its quarterly partnership board and ongoing programme of outreach.