HC Deb 17 January 1984 vol 52 c153W
Mr. Allan Roberts

asked the Attorney-General if he will give, in the case of mortgage possessions for each six-month period from the first half of 1981 onwards, the number of (a) actions entered, (b) actions withdrawn, settled adjourned sine die, not served or otherwise

County Courts: Number of Mortgages Possession Cases* Actions entered and Orders made or refused: England and Wales
1981 1982 1983
Jan-Jun Jul-Dec Jan-Jun Jul-Dec Jan-Jun
Local Authority 5,477 7,489 5,467
Actions entered Other 12,707 16,126 14,966
Total 19,644 18,640 18,184 23,615 20,433
Local Authority 146 139 285
Orders Refused Other 129 182 311
Total 87 73 275 321 596
Orders Made not suspended or suspended for 28 days or less Local Authority 2,400 2,600 2,800
Other 5,500 6,400 8,000
Total 7,300 7,600 7,900 9,000 10,800
Orders made suspended for more than 28 days Local Authority 1,200 1,200 700
Other 2,700 3,000 2,100
Total 1,600 1,700 3,800 4,300 2,900
* Figures for actions entered and orders refused are complete data; figures for orders made are estimates rounded to the nearest hundred, based on a sample of three months' data collected during each of the years shown.

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