Question follow-through · 119212

Forced Marriage: Islam

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that forced marriages do not take place in Sharia councils in the UK.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
10 Mar 2026
Target answer date
12 Mar 2026
Answer
19 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that forced marriages do not take place in Sharia councils in the UK.

  2. 12 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The joint Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU), provides support and advice to victims, those at risk, and professionals.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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