Release

Civil partnerships in England and Wales: 2021

Release date: 9 December 2022 9:30am

Summary

Annual statistics on formations and dissolutions of civil partnerships analysed by the couples’ sex, age, previous marital status and the place of registration.

Publications

  • Civil partnerships in England and Wales: 2021

    Annual statistics on formations and dissolutions of civil partnerships analysed by the sex, age, partnership type and previous marital status of the couples and the place of registration.

Data

  • Civil partnership dissolutions

    Civil partnership dissolutions which took place in England and Wales analysed by sex and quarter of occurrence.

  • Civil partnership formations

    Civil partnership formations which took place in England and Wales analysed by age, sex, previous legal partnership status and registration area.

Methodology

  • Civil partnerships in England and Wales QMI

    Quality and Methodology Information for civil partnership formation and dissolution statistics, detailing the strengths and limitations of the data, methods used and data uses and users.

Contact details

Name

Amanda Sharfman and Pamela Cobb

Email

pop.info@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 1329 444661

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest