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Embassies: Civil Partnerships

Volume 498: debated on Thursday 29 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many civil partnerships have been celebrated in British consulates. (296863)

Since the introduction of the Civil Partnership Act on 18 November 2004, 487 civil partnerships have been registered at British consulates overseas. The following table provides information on the countries where British consulates can register civil partnerships and the number registered since the introduction of the Act.

Countries where civil partnerships can be registered

Registrations

Argentina

7

Australia (except Tasmania1)

308

Austria

2

Bulgaria

1

Canada1

1

Colombia

19

Costa Rica

0

Croatia

1

Czech Republic1

3

Guatemala

3

Hungary1

4

Ireland

17

Israel

1

Japan

22

Latvia

0

Malta

0

Moldova

0

Mongolia

0

Panama

4

Peru

7

Philippines

0

Portugal

7

South Africa1

19

Switzerland1

5

Turkmenistan

0

Uruguay

0

Venezuela

7

Vietnam

49

Total

487

1 Have subsequently introduced their own civil partnership legislation.