Video Summary: Civil Partnerships, Five Years On

The short video podcast using audio commentary and graphical animations covers the following:

1. It shows the number of civil partnerships since their inception in 2005.

2. It looks at the average age of people going into civil partnerships.

3. Finally it looks at dissolutions of civil partnerships and their numbers.

Source: Office for National Statistics

Source: Office for National Statistics

Background notes

1. Details of the policy governing the release of new data are available by visiting the Statistics Authority website  or by contacting our Media Relations team: media.relations@ons.gsi.gov.uk

2. Details of the policy governing the release of new data are available by visiting www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/assessment/code-of-practice/index.html or from the Media Relations Office email: media.relations@ons.gsi.gov.uk