Marriage Certificates: Fraud
(asked on 29th June 2021) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the black market for counterfeit marriage certificates following the changes to marriage certification.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 13th July 2021
Marriage certificates are secure stock which contain a number of security features that help to prevent and detect counterfeits. Controls are in place to identify and investigate any unusual activity.
This is the same as prior to the introduction of the marriage schedule system, which does not increase the risk of counterfeited certificates in any way.