§ Mr. Squireasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many orders for possession have been made under each of the grounds for possession set out in part I of schedule 4 to the Housing Act 1980, for each year since the Act came into force (a) for England as a whole and (b) for each local authority area.
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§ The Solicitor-GeneralI have been asked to reply. The numbers of orders for possession made under the grounds set out in part I of schedule 4 to the Housing Act 1980 are only recorded in summary form for the total of grounds 1 to 6 inclusive, and the total of grounds 7 to 13 inclusive. The numbers were not recorded prior to 1982. The information is obtained from individual county courts and is not aggregated for each local authority area. The available information for England as a whole for the year is:
Orders for possession made under grounds set out in part I of schedule 4 to the Housing Act 1980: England 1982 Numbers Number of possession orders made under grounds 1 to 6 21,450 Number of possession orders made under grounds 7 to 13 507 Total number of possession orders made under all grounds (1 to 13) 21,957