Seven times as many opposite-sex civil partnerships as same-sex unions in West Sussex last year
There were seven times as many opposite-sex civil partnerships as same-sex partnerships in West Sussex last year, figures reveal.
There were seven times as many opposite-sex civil partnerships as same-sex partnerships in West Sussex last year, figures reveal.
A change in the law around civil partnerships saw them extended to opposite-sex couples from December 2019, and the first of these in England and Wales took place on December 31 that year.
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Hide AdOffice for National Statistics figures show 98 opposite-sex couples in West Sussex formed civil partnerships in 2021, compared to 14 same-sex civil partnerships.