PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Marriage of Convenience (1 July 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of suspected sham marriages were received from superintendent registrars in each of the last five years.
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Answer
Reports of suspected sham marriage were reported to the Home Office by Superintendent Registers, on 2,791 occasions in financial year 2015/16, 2,960 in 2016/17, 2,677 in 2017/18, 3,246 in 2018/19 and 2,918 in 2019/20.
Answered by:
Kevin Foster (Conservative)
13 July 2020
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