HC Deb 01 December 1987 vol 123 cc515-7W
Mr. Home Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications for housing under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act have been made as a result of mortgage defaults or arrears in each of the last four years.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The numbers of applicant households who quoted a court order for mortgage default as a reason for the loss or threatened loss of their last or present accommodation are as follows:

Number
1984–85 508
1985–86 831
1986–87 1808
1 Provisional figure.

This category of applicant household separately identified prior to March 1984.

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