HC Deb 03 May 1995 vol 259 c245W
Dr. Howells

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many marriages between British citizens and non-British, non-EU citizens were reported as bogus to the Secretary of State for the Home Department by the Registrar General in each year since 1989. [21817]

Mr. Sackville

Details of the total number of marriages suspected to have been arranged for the sole purpose of evading statutory immigration controls, reported by the Registrar General to the Home Department, since 1989 are shown. Details of the reports sent involving a marriage between British citizens and non-British citizens are not kept separately and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The number of marriages reported by the Registrar General to the Home Office were

  • 1989: Nil
  • 1990: Nil
  • 1991: 19
  • 1992: 94
  • 1993: 304
  • 1994: 404
  • 19951: 90
1 Relates to the first quarter only.