You asked
I was wondering whether it would be possible to access information on UK weddings over the past few years broken down both by date and region i.e. how many weddings happened in London on 3 May 2012.
We said
Thank you for your recent request.
Marriage statistics for England and Wales are produced by ONS and are available here: www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/marriagecohabitationandcivilpartnerships/datasets/marriagesinenglandandwales2013
Table 10 displays number of marriages by day and month of occurrence and table 14 displays number of marriages by area of occurrence.
Explorable datasets for marriages in England and Wales from 2001 to 2014 are available here: www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?theme=73
Marriage statistics for Northern Ireland are available here: www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/births-deaths-and-marriages/marriages
Marriage statistics for Scotland are available here: www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/marriages-and-civil-partnerships
Other special extracts and tabulations of marriage data for England and Wales are available (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreement of costs, where appropriate). If you require further information, you can contact the team directly at: vsob@ons.gov.uk