You asked
Under 'Religious Ceremonies' in table 1 of the following
there are two columns for 'Other Christian denominations' (column I) and 'Other' (column J).
Please provide the breakdown of these columns into specific denominations and specific religions.
Also, in 2014, there were 23 religious ceremonies for marriages of same-sex couples (column P). Would it be possible to see a breakdown of these by religion/denomination as well?
We said
Thank you for your request.
Marriages in England and Wales Table 1 (available at:https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/marriagecohabitationandcivilpartnerships/datasets/marriagesinenglandandwales2013/2014/tablesforpublication2014final.xls ) is footnoted to show that:
'Other Christian denominations' include Methodist, Calvinistic Methodist, United Reform Church, Congregationalist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Society of Friends (Quakers), Salvation Army, Brethren, Mormon, Unitarian and Jehovah's Witnesses.
'Other' include Jews, Muslim and Sikh. 'Other' also includes any denominations recorded as 'other' when the marriage was registered, because the denomination was not one of those listed in table 1 or above.
Information on the denomination of religious ceremonies for marriages of same-sex couples in England and Wales in 2014 can be obtained from the Vital Statistics Outputs team. Special extracts and tabulations of marriages data for England and Wales are available to order (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreements of costs, where appropriate). Such enquiries should be made to: vsob@ons.gov.uk
Please contact the Vital Statistics Outputs team directly in order to discuss your data requirements.
As this information is already available to you via this route we consider that s.21(1) applies to this request and the information does not have to be supplied under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. S21(1) is an absolute exemption and no consideration of the public interest test needs to be applied.