Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 110930
Forced Marriage: Prosecutions
Tabled: 4 February 2026
Answered: 12 February 2026
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Solicitor General,?what information his Department holds on the number of people that have been prosecuted for facilitating forced marriages in each year since 2010 and broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Ellie ReevesOffences relating to forced marriages are created by s121 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, which came into force in June 2014. Section 121 was further amended in February 2023 when s121(3A) was inserted making it an offence to fo...
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