House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 24 May 2005 (pt 9)

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Marriage Applications

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many marriage applications there have been in the UK in each year since 1997; [299]

(2) how many marriage applications there were in each register office in the UK in each month since May 1997. [300]

John Healey: I have been asked to reply.

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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Registrar General, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Davis, dated 24 May 2005:

As Registrar General for England and Wales I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary Questions on marriage applications. (299 and 300)

I am placing in the House of Commons Library a table showing the available information. It gives the numbers of intended marriages taken in each local authority in England and Wales for 1998–1999 to 2003–2004. Comparable data for Scotland and Northern Ireland are not held centrally, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

From 1 January 2001, both the bride and groom had to give notice. Prior to then, couples who lived in the same registration district gave one notice. Figures exclude marriages in an Anglican Church where notice of marriage is given after banns.

Number of intended marriages taken in each local authority in England and Wales 1998–99 to 2003–04

Local authority 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

Barking and Dagenham 720 737 872 1568 2,004 2,171

Barnet 1,578 1,560 1,820 3,580 3,809 4,055

Barnsley 858 852 1,097 1,678 1,721 1,752

Bath and North East Somerset 654 657 812 1,266 1,347 1,380

Bedfordshire 1,571 1,481 1,983 3,170 3,394 3,535

Bexley 920 933 1,156 1,814 1,938 2,007

Birmingham 3,721 3,615 4,291 7,201 8,098 7,861

Blackburn-with-Darwen 650 601 664 1,102 1,130 1,259

Blackpool 689 655 766 1,226 1,249 1,436

Blaenau 260 262 263 384 431 513

Bolton 1,094 1,109 1,266 2,108 2,287 2,390

Bournemouth 799 796 951 1,589 1,720 1,746

Bracknell Forest 505 431 597 911 1,024 1,078

Bradford 1,712 1,662 2,045 3,397 3,494 3,575

Brent 1,328 1,286 2,014 4,104 4,474 4,460

Bridgend 499 505 605 960 1,093 1,141

Brighton and Hove 1,134 1,054 1,630 2,687 2,611 2,865

Bristol 1,755 1,767 2,152 3,497 3,878 3,967

Bromley 1,255 1,320 1,422 2,383 2,621 2,607

Buckinghamshire 1,750 1,660 1,980 3,319 3,473 3,788

Bury 778 821 865 1,413 1,485 1,673

Caerphilly 675 702 803 1,281 1,391 1,451

Calderdale 765 758 858 1,399 1,497 1,605

Cambridgeshire 2,059 2,067 2,583 4,309 4,603 4,731

Camden 1,036 1,049 1,297 2,587 2,850 3,075

Cardiff 1,279 1,317 1,486 2,216 2,496 2,662

Carmarthenshire 607 616 630 1,064 1,190 1,138

Ceredigion 218 177 220 361 444 446

Cheshire 2,773 2,725 3,071 5,205 5,406 5,466

City of Westminster 883 975 1450 3,111 3,047 3,259

Conwy 416 388 470 777 755 822

Cornwall 1,837 1,907 2,376 3,802 4,071 4,307

Coventry 1,211 1,264 1,629 2,524 2,386 2,647

Croydon 1,469 1,408 1,766 3,194 3,328 3,522

Cumbria 1,602 1,626 1,966 3,245 3,341 3,570

Darlington 451 441 510 796 812 868

Denbighshire 287 307 332 560 605 626

Derby 1,097 1,063 1,203 2,008 1,896 2,037

Derbyshire 2,735 2,848 3,262 5,296 5,697 5,986

Devon 2,558 2,551 3,087 4,971 5,437 5,818

Doncaster 1,183 1,225 1,487 2,236 2,263 2,644

Dorset 1,345 1,360 1,631 2,625 2,749 3,101

Dudley 1,142 1,167 1,323 2,028 2,327 2,225

Durham 1,901 1,893 2,090 3,576 3,576 3,931

Ealing 1,601 1,540 2,098 3,878 3,923 4,155

East Riding of Yorkshire 1,007 1,012 1,290 2,030 2,160 2,422

East Sussex 1,925 1,987 2,411 4,061 4,324 4,257

Enfield 254 1,322 1,565 3,033 3,116 3,333

Essex 4,844 4,919 5,938 10,044 10,888 11,218

Flintshire 624 517 732 1,161 1,193 1,241

Gateshead 797 834 943 1,476 1,473 1,578

Gloucestershire 2,072 2,132 2,524 4,204 4,433 4,686

Greenwich 1,074 987 1,215 2,218 2,419 2,855

Gwynedd 388 360 427 673 716 748

Hackney 1,188 1,119 1,442 2,923 3,479 3,437

Halton 561 492 579 979 928 1,011

Hammersmith and Fulham 881 851 1,147 2,207 2,417 2,472

Hampshire 4,937 4,937 5,923 10,094 10,433 10,560

Haringey 1,422 1,408 2001 3,857 4,544 4,932

Harrow 871 907 1,040 1,873 2,072 2,005

Hartlepool 381 354 416 688 696 675

Havering 858 844 936 1,578 1,666 1,792

Herefordshire 600 552 678 1,084 1,130 1,221

Hertfordshire 4406 4,386 5,169 8,717 9,241 9,577

Hillingdon 1,043 1,075 1,272 2,190 2,079 2,233

Hounslow 1,062 1,102 1,528 2,550 2,803 2,878

Isle of Anglesey 200 226 254 367 461 385

Isle of Wight 501 498 591 924 1,086 1,051

Isles of Scilly 6 7 6 18 20 13

Islington 916 947 1,217 2,308 2,559 2,541

Kensington and Chelsea 731 674 970 1,887 1,931 1,933

Kent 4,934 4,874 6,017 9,498 10,516 11,206

Kingston Upon Hull 1,109 1,106 1,231 2,105 2,281 2,377

Kingston Upon Thames 710 680 859 1,327 1,380 1,546

Kirklees 1,556 1,576 1,937 3,097 3,195 3,343

Knowsley 531 546 605 881 886 1,009

Lambeth 1,611 1,606 2,232 4,299 4,883 1,836

Lancashire 4,404 4,583 5,185 8,329 8,922 9,527

Leeds 2,781 2,802 3,361 5,436 5,741 6,191

Leicester 1,245 1,169 1,604 2,791 2,808 2,864

Leicestershire 2,194 2,171 2,543 4,150 4,596 4,591

Lewisham 1,232 1,258 1,623 3,465 3,523 3,957

Lincolnshire 2,074 2,124 2,633 4,301 5,017 5,116

Liverpool 1,517 1,472 1,651 2,651 2,889 2,899

London Corporation 45 35 33 64 71 70

Luton 732 726 874 1,650 1,664 1,983

Manchester 1,679 1,608 2,015 3,273 3,616 4,001

Medway 1,197 1,108 1,512 2,032 2,508 2,508

Merthyr Tydfil 210 198 275 464 442 387

Merton 918 881 1,209 1,991 2,059 2,387

Middlesbrough 571 544 622 1,014 966 1,037

Milton Keynes 981 1,008 1,179 2,194 2,275 2,509

Monmouthshire 289 271 302 560 581 646

Neath Port Talbot 487 473 530 816 1,079 1,072

Newcastle Upon Tyne 1,056 1,011 1,207 1,852 1,970 2,025

Newham 1,297 1,262 1,569 3,139 3,498 3,401

Newport 530 529 576 945 1,124 1,129

Norfolk 2,988 3,058 3,637 6,284 6,476 6,750

North East Lincolnshire 637 614 707 1,148 1,281 1,296

North Lincolnshire 506 606 628 1,027 1,061 1,251

North Somerset 688 676 775 1,332 1,567 1,533

North Tyneside 843 852 1,084 1,445 1,704 1,837

North Yorkshire 2,033 2,179 2,443 4,047 4,429 4,329

Northamptonshire 2,738 2,184 3,318 5,340 5,941 6,273

Northumberland 1,177 1,152 1,347 1,997 2,170 2,368

Nottingham 1,117 1,146 1,355 2,255 2,447 2,593

Nottinghamshire 2,637 2,660 3,274 5,123 5,680 5,846

Oldham 822 790 965 1,479 1,641 1,618

Oxfordshire 2,403 2,259 3,094 5,114 5,407 5,733

Pembrokeshire 366 328 398 693 738 756

Peterborough 689 792 960 1,571 1,706 1,730

Plymouth 1,106 1,148 1,366 2,312 2,495 2,399

Poole 669 598 785 1,239 1,277 1,355

Portsmouth 960 984 1,142 1,974 2,153 2,201

Powys 363 345 377 634 710 794

Reading 739 756 936 1,607 1,769 1,819

Redbridge 1,148 1,132 1,294 2,417 2,327 2,497

Redcar and Cleveland 526 531 628 974 880 1,029

Rhonddacynontaf 837 791 940 1,539 1,562 1,751

Richmond upon Thames 806 822 1,028 1,783 1,881 1,894

Rochdale 864 845 933 1,488 1,570 1,763

Rotherham 892 857 1,033 1,589 1,781 1,947

Rutland 133 102 128 226 264 260

Salford 992 898 1,138 1,747 1,693 1,901

Sandwell 1,216 1,234 1,330 2,284 2,565 2,493

Sefton 1,071 987 1,133 1,725 1,837 1,952

Sheffield 1,753 1,833 2,247 3,566 3,718 3,778

Shropshire 917 908 1,069 1,712 2,082 2,018

Slough 609 575 778 103 1,443 1,526

Solihull 679 700 728 1,100 1,182 1,344

Somerset 1,780 1,784 2,219 3,494 3,815 3,784

South Gloucestershire 1,032 974 1,223 1,957 2,020 2,239

South Tyneside 560 568 668 954 1,133 1,109

Southampton 997 983 1,312 2,023 2,213 2,190

Southend-on-Sea 801 792 864 1,537 1,621 1,702

Southwark 1,440 1,368 1,825 3,098 4,170 4,283

St. Helens 682 668 798 1,184 1,148 1,462

Staffordshire 2,910 2,943 3,451 5,577 6,063 6,419

Stockport 1,179 1,135 1,388 2037 2249 2337

Stockton-on-Tees 770 743 862 1,331 1,385 1,523

Stoke on Trent 1,091 1,021 1,154 1,820 2,097 2,155

Suffolk 2,748 2,587 3,035 5,060 5,365 5,851

Sunderland 995 1,101 1,248 1,880 2,054 2,199

Surrey 4,282 4,245 5,201 8,395 8,677 8,894

Sutton 883 876 1,098 1,599 1,707 1,715

Swansea 792 740 887 1,521 1,569 1,627

Swindon 869 890 1,146 1,670 1,839 1,988

Tameside 1,002 896 1,051 1,595 1,754 1,746

Telford and Wrekin 670 637 814 1,252 1,383 1,667

The Vale of Glamorgan 501 480 559 860 926 973

Thurrock 648 609 765 1,238 1,313 1,435

Torbay 536 591 768 1,058 1,221 1,271

Torfaen 371 341 390 726 648 658

Tower Hamlets 759 744 1,121 2,348 2,652 2,848

Trafford 951 904 1,070 1,729 1,760 1,897

Wakefield 1,260 1,285 1,625 2,444 2,721 2,904

Walsall 984 999 1,046 1,763 1,678 1,836

Waltham Forest 999 1,046 1,429 2,807 3,081 3,122

Wandsworth 1,502 1,513 2,151 3,813 4,145 4,553

Warrington 788 764 897 1,433 1,565 1,593

Warwickshire 1,944 2,007 2341 3807 3898 4148

West Berkshire 572 561 683 1,122 1,303 1,296

West Sussex 3,044 3,134 3,703 6,116 6,328 6,593

Wigan 1,245 1,297 1,437 2,314 2,365 2,637

Wiltshire 1,679 1,394 2026 3,361 3,593 3,597

Windsor and Maidenhead 565 543 713 1,131 1,174 1,196

Wirral 1,221 1,205 1,480 2,361 2,383 2,538

Wokingham 579 574 701 1,204 1,138 1,237

Wolverhampton 937 1,066 1,118 1,771 1,994 2,045

Worcestershire 2,049 2,011 1,987 3,701 4,277 4,193

Wrexham 437 468 505 896 805 908

York 856 766 956 1,590 1,649 1,697

Total 210,633 209,803 255,190 424,325 456,444 474,721

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Local authority	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
Barking and Dagenham	720	737	872	1568	2,004	2,171
Barnet	1,578	1,560	1,820	3,580	3,809	4,055
Barnsley	858	852	1,097	1,678	1,721	1,752
Bath and North East Somerset	654	657	812	1,266	1,347	1,380
Bedfordshire	1,571	1,481	1,983	3,170	3,394	3,535
Bexley	920	933	1,156	1,814	1,938	2,007
Birmingham	3,721	3,615	4,291	7,201	8,098	7,861
Blackburn-with-Darwen	650	601	664	1,102	1,130	1,259
Blackpool	689	655	766	1,226	1,249	1,436
Blaenau	260	262	263	384	431	513
Bolton	1,094	1,109	1,266	2,108	2,287	2,390
Bournemouth	799	796	951	1,589	1,720	1,746
Bracknell Forest	505	431	597	911	1,024	1,078
Bradford	1,712	1,662	2,045	3,397	3,494	3,575
Brent	1,328	1,286	2,014	4,104	4,474	4,460
Bridgend	499	505	605	960	1,093	1,141
Brighton and Hove	1,134	1,054	1,630	2,687	2,611	2,865
Bristol	1,755	1,767	2,152	3,497	3,878	3,967
Bromley	1,255	1,320	1,422	2,383	2,621	2,607
Buckinghamshire	1,750	1,660	1,980	3,319	3,473	3,788
Bury	778	821	865	1,413	1,485	1,673
Caerphilly	675	702	803	1,281	1,391	1,451
Calderdale	765	758	858	1,399	1,497	1,605
Cambridgeshire	2,059	2,067	2,583	4,309	4,603	4,731
Camden	1,036	1,049	1,297	2,587	2,850	3,075
Cardiff	1,279	1,317	1,486	2,216	2,496	2,662
Carmarthenshire	607	616	630	1,064	1,190	1,138
Ceredigion	218	177	220	361	444	446
Cheshire	2,773	2,725	3,071	5,205	5,406	5,466
City of Westminster	883	975	1450	3,111	3,047	3,259
Conwy	416	388	470	777	755	822
Cornwall	1,837	1,907	2,376	3,802	4,071	4,307
Coventry	1,211	1,264	1,629	2,524	2,386	2,647
Croydon	1,469	1,408	1,766	3,194	3,328	3,522
Cumbria	1,602	1,626	1,966	3,245	3,341	3,570
Darlington	451	441	510	796	812	868
Denbighshire	287	307	332	560	605	626
Derby	1,097	1,063	1,203	2,008	1,896	2,037
Derbyshire	2,735	2,848	3,262	5,296	5,697	5,986
Devon	2,558	2,551	3,087	4,971	5,437	5,818
Doncaster	1,183	1,225	1,487	2,236	2,263	2,644
Dorset	1,345	1,360	1,631	2,625	2,749	3,101
Dudley	1,142	1,167	1,323	2,028	2,327	2,225
Durham	1,901	1,893	2,090	3,576	3,576	3,931
Ealing	1,601	1,540	2,098	3,878	3,923	4,155
East Riding of Yorkshire	1,007	1,012	1,290	2,030	2,160	2,422
East Sussex	1,925	1,987	2,411	4,061	4,324	4,257
Enfield	254	1,322	1,565	3,033	3,116	3,333
Essex	4,844	4,919	5,938	10,044	10,888	11,218
Flintshire	624	517	732	1,161	1,193	1,241
Gateshead	797	834	943	1,476	1,473	1,578
Gloucestershire	2,072	2,132	2,524	4,204	4,433	4,686
Greenwich	1,074	987	1,215	2,218	2,419	2,855
Gwynedd	388	360	427	673	716	748
Hackney	1,188	1,119	1,442	2,923	3,479	3,437
Halton	561	492	579	979	928	1,011
Hammersmith and Fulham	881	851	1,147	2,207	2,417	2,472
Hampshire	4,937	4,937	5,923	10,094	10,433	10,560
Haringey	1,422	1,408	2001	3,857	4,544	4,932
Harrow	871	907	1,040	1,873	2,072	2,005
Hartlepool	381	354	416	688	696	675
Havering	858	844	936	1,578	1,666	1,792
Herefordshire	600	552	678	1,084	1,130	1,221
Hertfordshire	4406	4,386	5,169	8,717	9,241	9,577
Hillingdon	1,043	1,075	1,272	2,190	2,079	2,233
Hounslow	1,062	1,102	1,528	2,550	2,803	2,878
Isle of Anglesey	200	226	254	367	461	385
Isle of Wight	501	498	591	924	1,086	1,051
Isles of Scilly	6	7	6	18	20	13
Islington	916	947	1,217	2,308	2,559	2,541
Kensington and Chelsea	731	674	970	1,887	1,931	1,933
Kent	4,934	4,874	6,017	9,498	10,516	11,206
Kingston Upon Hull	1,109	1,106	1,231	2,105	2,281	2,377
Kingston Upon Thames	710	680	859	1,327	1,380	1,546
Kirklees	1,556	1,576	1,937	3,097	3,195	3,343
Knowsley	531	546	605	881	886	1,009
Lambeth	1,611	1,606	2,232	4,299	4,883	1,836
Lancashire	4,404	4,583	5,185	8,329	8,922	9,527
Leeds	2,781	2,802	3,361	5,436	5,741	6,191
Leicester	1,245	1,169	1,604	2,791	2,808	2,864
Leicestershire	2,194	2,171	2,543	4,150	4,596	4,591
Lewisham	1,232	1,258	1,623	3,465	3,523	3,957
Lincolnshire	2,074	2,124	2,633	4,301	5,017	5,116
Liverpool	1,517	1,472	1,651	2,651	2,889	2,899
London Corporation	45	35	33	64	71	70
Luton	732	726	874	1,650	1,664	1,983
Manchester	1,679	1,608	2,015	3,273	3,616	4,001
Medway	1,197	1,108	1,512	2,032	2,508	2,508
Merthyr Tydfil	210	198	275	464	442	387
Merton	918	881	1,209	1,991	2,059	2,387
Middlesbrough	571	544	622	1,014	966	1,037
Milton Keynes	981	1,008	1,179	2,194	2,275	2,509
Monmouthshire	289	271	302	560	581	646
Neath Port Talbot	487	473	530	816	1,079	1,072
Newcastle Upon Tyne	1,056	1,011	1,207	1,852	1,970	2,025
Newham	1,297	1,262	1,569	3,139	3,498	3,401
Newport	530	529	576	945	1,124	1,129
Norfolk	2,988	3,058	3,637	6,284	6,476	6,750
North East Lincolnshire	637	614	707	1,148	1,281	1,296
North Lincolnshire	506	606	628	1,027	1,061	1,251
North Somerset	688	676	775	1,332	1,567	1,533
North Tyneside	843	852	1,084	1,445	1,704	1,837
North Yorkshire	2,033	2,179	2,443	4,047	4,429	4,329
Northamptonshire	2,738	2,184	3,318	5,340	5,941	6,273
Northumberland	1,177	1,152	1,347	1,997	2,170	2,368
Nottingham	1,117	1,146	1,355	2,255	2,447	2,593
Nottinghamshire	2,637	2,660	3,274	5,123	5,680	5,846
Oldham	822	790	965	1,479	1,641	1,618
Oxfordshire	2,403	2,259	3,094	5,114	5,407	5,733
Pembrokeshire	366	328	398	693	738	756
Peterborough	689	792	960	1,571	1,706	1,730
Plymouth	1,106	1,148	1,366	2,312	2,495	2,399
Poole	669	598	785	1,239	1,277	1,355
Portsmouth	960	984	1,142	1,974	2,153	2,201
Powys	363	345	377	634	710	794
Reading	739	756	936	1,607	1,769	1,819
Redbridge	1,148	1,132	1,294	2,417	2,327	2,497
Redcar and Cleveland	526	531	628	974	880	1,029
Rhonddacynontaf	837	791	940	1,539	1,562	1,751
Richmond upon Thames	806	822	1,028	1,783	1,881	1,894
Rochdale	864	845	933	1,488	1,570	1,763
Rotherham	892	857	1,033	1,589	1,781	1,947
Rutland	133	102	128	226	264	260
Salford	992	898	1,138	1,747	1,693	1,901
Sandwell	1,216	1,234	1,330	2,284	2,565	2,493
Sefton	1,071	987	1,133	1,725	1,837	1,952
Sheffield	1,753	1,833	2,247	3,566	3,718	3,778
Shropshire	917	908	1,069	1,712	2,082	2,018
Slough	609	575	778	103	1,443	1,526
Solihull	679	700	728	1,100	1,182	1,344
Somerset	1,780	1,784	2,219	3,494	3,815	3,784
South Gloucestershire	1,032	974	1,223	1,957	2,020	2,239
South Tyneside	560	568	668	954	1,133	1,109
Southampton	997	983	1,312	2,023	2,213	2,190
Southend-on-Sea	801	792	864	1,537	1,621	1,702
Southwark	1,440	1,368	1,825	3,098	4,170	4,283
St. Helens	682	668	798	1,184	1,148	1,462
Staffordshire	2,910	2,943	3,451	5,577	6,063	6,419
Stockport	1,179	1,135	1,388	2037	2249	2337
Stockton-on-Tees	770	743	862	1,331	1,385	1,523
Stoke on Trent	1,091	1,021	1,154	1,820	2,097	2,155
Suffolk	2,748	2,587	3,035	5,060	5,365	5,851
Sunderland	995	1,101	1,248	1,880	2,054	2,199
Surrey	4,282	4,245	5,201	8,395	8,677	8,894
Sutton	883	876	1,098	1,599	1,707	1,715
Swansea	792	740	887	1,521	1,569	1,627
Swindon	869	890	1,146	1,670	1,839	1,988
Tameside	1,002	896	1,051	1,595	1,754	1,746
Telford and Wrekin	670	637	814	1,252	1,383	1,667
The Vale of Glamorgan	501	480	559	860	926	973
Thurrock	648	609	765	1,238	1,313	1,435
Torbay	536	591	768	1,058	1,221	1,271
Torfaen	371	341	390	726	648	658
Tower Hamlets	759	744	1,121	2,348	2,652	2,848
Trafford	951	904	1,070	1,729	1,760	1,897
Wakefield	1,260	1,285	1,625	2,444	2,721	2,904
Walsall	984	999	1,046	1,763	1,678	1,836
Waltham Forest	999	1,046	1,429	2,807	3,081	3,122
Wandsworth	1,502	1,513	2,151	3,813	4,145	4,553
Warrington	788	764	897	1,433	1,565	1,593
Warwickshire	1,944	2,007	2341	3807	3898	4148
West Berkshire	572	561	683	1,122	1,303	1,296
West Sussex	3,044	3,134	3,703	6,116	6,328	6,593
Wigan	1,245	1,297	1,437	2,314	2,365	2,637
Wiltshire	1,679	1,394	2026	3,361	3,593	3,597
Windsor and Maidenhead	565	543	713	1,131	1,174	1,196
Wirral	1,221	1,205	1,480	2,361	2,383	2,538
Wokingham	579	574	701	1,204	1,138	1,237
Wolverhampton	937	1,066	1,118	1,771	1,994	2,045
Worcestershire	2,049	2,011	1,987	3,701	4,277	4,193
Wrexham	437	468	505	896	805	908
York	856	766	956	1,590	1,649	1,697
Total	210,633	209,803	255,190	424,325	456,444	474,721

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