Civil Partnerships

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland have entered into civil partnership arrangements in each month since they were introduced. (97086)

Civil Partnership was introduced in Northern Ireland in December 2005. The following table shows the number of civil partnerships registered in Northern Ireland between then and 30 September 2006 by registration month.

*Number of Civil Partnership Registrations in Northern Ireland from December 2005 to September 2006 by registration month*
Registration month	Registrations
December 2005	12
January 2006	7
February 2006	10
March 2006	14
April 2006	6
May 2006	10
June 2006	19
July 2006	9
August 2006	14
September 2006	8
Total	109

Volume 450: debated on Thursday 26 October 2006