On 16 August 2018, the Office for National Statistics published their statistical bulletin in relation to Civil Partnerships in England and Wales in 2017.
In summary, some of the findings were that:
- There was a 2% increase on the number of Civil Partnerships from the previous year.
- 66% of the Civil Partnerships were between men.
- 51% were aged 50 years old and over.
- The highest number of Civil Partnerships took place in London.
- The number of Civil Partnership dissolutions in 2017 outnumbered the number of Civil Partnerships formed (there were 1,217 incidences of the former and 908 of the latter).