In the same period, the Lord Chancellor has also appointed one female Canon Residentiary in 2006, and four male Canon Residentiaries, one in each of 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
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Community Orders
Chris Huhne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many community orders were issued in each month since April 2005; and how many times each of the 12 requirements was used. [227002]
Mr. Hanson:
Table 1 shows the number of community orders supervised by the Probation Service in England and Wales which commenced between April 2005 and March 2008. Table 2 shows the monthly commencement figures in England and Wales for each of the 12 requirements associated with the community order.
The figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Table 1: Number of community orders commencing in England and Wales, by month, April 2005 to March 2008
Number
April 2005
931
May 2005
3,244
June 2005
5,348
July 2005
6,072
August 2005
6,954
September 2005
7,824
October 2005
8,602
November 2005
9,812
December 2005
7,790
January 2006
10,108
February 2006
10,212
March 2006
11,184
April 2006
9,140
May 2006
10,654
June 2006
11,033
July 2006
10,133
August 2006
10,483
September 2006
10,494
October 2006
11,005
November 2006
10,961
December 2006
8,238
January 2007
11,067
February 2007
10,782
March 2007
11,582
April 2007
9,951
May 2007
11,337
June 2007
11,444
July 2007
11,705
August 2007
11,374
September 2007
10,268
October 2007
12,308
November 2007
11,756
December 2007
8,228
January 2008
11,933
February 2008
11,287
March 2008
10,136
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Table 2: Number of requirements given with a community order which commenced in England and Wales, by month and type of requirement. April 2005 to March 2008
