Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 119214

Marriage: Islam

Tabled: 10 March 2026

Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of how many unregistered Islamic marriages there have been in the UK in each of the last ten years.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the number of religious-only Islamic marriages that take place in the UK.The Government is aware of the differential treatment faced by groups that do not have a legally binding religious ceremony under the...

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