HC Deb 23 June 1988 vol 135 c627W
Mr. Fearn

To ask the Attorney-General if he will give the latest figures for the numbers of county court actions against debtors.

The Attorney-General

In 1987 a total of 2.2 million claims for money only—default actions—were issued in county courts in England and Wales. Of these the great majority were claims in respect of alleged debt.