§ Mr. Weetchasked the Attorney-General what are the average periods currently taken to record changes of ownership on registered deeds of title in all the regional offices of the Land Registry.
The Solicitor-GeneralThe average number of working days currently taken in each district land registry to register dealings with registered land are as follows:
District Land Registry Dealings with whole of registered title Dealings with part of registered title Birkenhead 26 70 Croydon 35 120 Durham 12 43 Gloucester 25 96 Harrow 27 89 Lytham 14 88 Nottingham 15 59 Peterborough 13 55 Plymouth 36 94 Stevenage 19 67 Swansea 14 66 Tunbridge Wells 35 87 Weymouth 22 59 These figures include all types of dealings. There are no separate figures which relate only to dealing which give rise to a change of ownership. Dealings with part of a title take longer to register because they involve the creation of new titles for which title plans have to be prepared. There have been particular difficulties in regard to the Croydon office which it is hoped will be resolved shortly.