Question follow-through · 678

Asylum: Polygamy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were granted to people in polygamous marriages in each of the last 12 months.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 13 May 2026
Target answer date: 19 May 2026
Answer: 27 May 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline

13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were granted to people in polygamous marriages in each of the last 12 months.
19 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2026
Answer published
It is government policy to prevent the formation of polygamous and polyandrous marriages in the UK. Only one spouse can be included as a dependant, with any subsequent spouses being unable to apply as a partner unless the other spouse has died or the marr...

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