FOI - civil partnerships in British territories

W Cooper made this Freedom of Information request to Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The request was partially successful.

From: W Cooper

22 February 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

To the FCO's knowledge, in which of the British territories and
dependencies listed below:
(a) are same-sex civil partnerships currently able to be conducted
under law, or are in the process of being introduced?
(b) have such unions actually been conducted?
(c) are such unions, if originally conducted in the UK, recognised,
and/or associated rights upheld, by the laws of the territories in
question?

Anguilla;
Ascension Island;
Bailiwick of Guernsey;
Bailiwick of Jersey;
Bermuda;
British Antarctic Territory;
British Indian Ocean Territory;
British Virgin Islands;
Cayman Islands;
Falkland Islands;
Gibraltar;
Isle of Man;
Montserrat;
Pitcairn Islands;
Saint Helena;
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands;
Sovereign Base Areas Cyprus;
Tristan da Cunha group;
Turks & Caicos Islands

I also wondered whether the FCO or any other government department
has made representations or suggestions to any of the territory
governments with regard to introducing such legislation?

Yours faithfully,

Mr Cooper

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

26 February 2009

Dear Mr Cooper

Thank you for your enquiry. It has been passed to the relevant sections
within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with.

With the part of your enquiry which relates to Guernsey, Jersey and Isle
of Man. You will need to contact the Home Office, Please see below a link
to their website.

[1]http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/

Yours Sincerely

Mark Lowen
Information Management Group

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

20 March 2009


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Mr Cooper,

Please find attached a letter in response to your email below.

Louise

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