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Forced Marriage

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

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
3 Nov 2025
Answer
5 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 30 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 3 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    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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