§ Mr. Allan Robertsasked 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for each six-month period from the first half of 1981 onwards, the number of (a) actions entered, (b) actions withdrawn, settled adjourned sine die, not served or otherwise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.