"Figure 1: Number of Civil Partnership Formations by Quarter, 2005-2013","" "United Kingdom","" "","" "Notes","1. The Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into force on 5 December 2005" "Unit","Number of Civil Partnership formations" "","" "","Q1","Q2","Q3","Q4" "2005",":",":",":"," 1953 " "2006"," 4869 "," 4363 "," 4492 "," 2382 " "2007"," 1686 "," 2366 "," 2963 "," 1713 " "2008"," 1248 "," 1931 "," 2459 "," 1531 " "2009"," 978 "," 1656 "," 2277 "," 1370 " "2010"," 962 "," 1665 "," 2331 "," 1427 " "2011"," 913 "," 1874 "," 2527 "," 1481 " "2012"," 1077 "," 2000 "," 2406 "," 1554 " "2013"," 994 "," 1730 "," 2267 "," 1285 "