Written Question·Home Office·UIN 86900

Forced Marriage

Tabled: 30 October 2025

Answered: 5 November 2025

Question

Jess Asato

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases supported by the Forced Marriage Unit in each of the last five years resulted in a referral to the National Referral Mechanism; and what specialist support for girls affected by forced

Answer

Jess Phillips

The UK is a world leader in the fight to stamp out the harmful practice of forced marriage. The joint Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) has been working to combat forced marriage since 2005. The Forc...

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