HC Deb 10 February 1989 vol 146 c829W
Mr. Anthony Coombs

To ask the Attorney-General what is the average time taken by the Land Registry to(a) register a title for the first time, (b) transfer a registered title, (c) transfer a part registered title and (d) grant a new lease; and what is the current backlog for each of the above categories.

The Attorney-General

The average completion times for the categories stated are:

  1. (a) 34 weeks,
  2. (b) 9 weeks,
  3. (c) and (d) 33 weeks.

Having regard to the registry's target completion time of 14 weeks for category (a), 4 weeks for (b), and 12 weeks for (c) and (d), the backlog of applications for each of the above categories is:

  1. (a) 240,000,
  2. (b) 267,000,
  3. (c) and (d) 136,000.