In the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), excluding the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), central records of suspension exist from April 2007 only.
The information for MoJ excluding NOMS is set out in the following table:
Number of suspensions 2007 April 6 May 2 June 4 July 5 August 4 September 5 October 5 November 0 December 5 2008 January 5 February 2 March 18 April 1 May 3 June 5 July 3 August 0 September 3 October 0 November 1 December 0 2009 January 3 February 2 March 0
These figures represent the number of new suspensions in each month; there is no cumulative element to the totals.
The National Offender Management Service does not hold the requested information centrally, and to obtain the information now would incur disproportionate cost.