Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many establishments deregistered for the purposes of carrying out marriages in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.

Karen Bradley

The General Register Office (GRO) for England and Wales is responsible for
maintaining the list of religious buildings registered for marriage.

The number of cancellations made for registered buildings for 2012 was 211,
2013 – 180 and for 2014 (up to 25 June) is 106.