The future of civil partnership
from House of Commons:
In England, Wales and Scotland, same sex couples have the option to marry or to register a civil partnership if they wish to gain legal recognition for their relationship. In Northern Ireland, same sex couples may register a civil partnership but may not marry. Across the UK, opposite sex couples may marry but they may not register a civil partnership.
When consulting on the introduction of marriage for same sex couples, the Coalition Government considered that it was unnecessary to extend civil partnership to opposite sex couples, given the availability of both civil and religious marriage.
Statistics on civil partnerships and marriage of same sex couples
Following the introduction of marriage for same sex couples in England and Wales in March 2014, and in Scotland in December 2014, the number of civil partnerships fell. There were just over a thousand civil partnerships formed in the UK in 2015. Between 29 March 2014 and 30 June 2015, there were 7,366 marriages formed between same sex couples in England and Wales. Couples in civil partnerships in England and Wales have been able to convert their civil partnership into a marriage since 10 December 2014. Between that date, and 30 June 2015, 7,732 couples converted their civil partnership into a marriage in England and Wales. In 2015, there were 1,671 marriages formed between same sex couples in Scotland, of which 936 were between couples who were already in a civil partnership.
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