Question follow-through · 87430
Marriage: Relatives
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) marriages and (b) other unions between (i) first cousins and (ii) closer relatives in each nation of the UK in each year since 1997; and whether the Off
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 3 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) marriages and (b) other unions between (i) first cousins and (ii) closer relatives in each nation of the UK in each year since 1997; and whether the Off
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2025
Answer published
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 3rd October is attached.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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