§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the figures for 1979 to the present for mortgage repossessions in the north-west of England and each of the metropolitan boroughs of the north-west of England.
§ Mr. TrippierThe Department has no estimate for the numbers of mortgage repossessions in the north-west of England. The Building Societies Association publishes numbers of repossessions only for the United Kingdom, because the numbers are too small to break down by regions. My Department collects information on repossessions instigated in respect of mortgages made by local authorities, who made less than 1 per cent. of the total mortgage loans in the United Kingdom in 1987. In 1987–88 there were an estimated 90 repossessions in the north-west administrative region which were made by local authorities.
Building society repossessions, United Kingdom Number 1979 2,530 1980 3,020 1981 4,240 1982 5,950 1983 7,320 1984 10,870 1985 16,770 1986 20,930 1987 22,930 1 1988 9,770 1 First half
Local authority mortgage repossessions, England Number 1981–82 1,100 1982–83 950 1983–84 840 1984–85 570 1985–86 630 1986–87 490 1987–88 330