§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Attorney-General how many people were evicted for non-payment of rent in 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1985, respectively.
§ The Solicitor-GeneralStatistics are not collected of the number of people evicted specifically for non-payment of rent. It is, however, estimated that in England and Wales the following number of warrants were executed for possession of residential property (for whatever reason) on behalf of private landlords and social landlords (mainly local authorities).
1982 1983 1984 Private landlords 3,120 3,220 3,480 Social landlords 11,960 10,150 10,110 These estimates are based on a sample of three separate months data (February, June and October) collected during each of the years shown. No figures are yet available for 1985.