You asked
I would like to request the figures of of marriage rates since 2010 by monthly basis (if not possible, then by any other shorter period - 3 months; 6 months; 12 months).
We said
Thank you for your recent query regarding marriage data.
Information on marriage can be obtained from the customer services team of the Vital Statistics Outputs Branch. Special extracts and tabulations of marriage 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:
Vital Statistics Outputs Branch
Office for National Statistics
Segensworth Road
Titchfield
Fareham
Hampshire
PO15 5RR
Tel: +44 (0)1329 444 110
E-mail: vsob@ons.gov.uk
As this information is already available to you via this route ONS considers that S21(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.
The number of marriages in England and Wales by month of occurrence can be found within table seven of the third spreadsheet attached.
Download associated with request
- Number of Marriages, Marriage Rates and Period of Occurrence (244.7 kB xls)