§ Miss Emma NicholsonTo ask the Attorney-General what is the average number of default cases processed per hour using county court default systems, up to and including the making of instalment orders.
The Attorney-GeneralThroughout the county court system in England and Wales approximately 1,800 summonses were issued per working hour in 1991. Some of these would have resulted in payment at the issue stage, some would have resulted in judgment by default, some would have resulted in orders for judgment by instalments, and others would have been defended on their merits. Statistics as to the outcome of cases are not collected in this form.