HC Deb 25 July 1989 vol 157 cc583-4W
Mr. Nellist

To ask the Attorney-General (1) how many actions for repossession as a result of mortgage arrears were begun in the Coventry county court in each year since 1979;

(2) how many county court actions for mortgage repossession occurred in the Coventry county court; how many of these actions resulted in an order for possession of the property; how many of these orders for possession were suspended; and how many warrants for eviction were issued, in each year since 1979.

The Attorney-General

The number of mortgage actions for possession entered and orders made for possession in Coventry county court in each year since 1983 (the first year for which figures are available) are as follows. No information is collected on how many of these orders were suspended nor how many resulted in evictions.

Year Number of mortgage possession actions entered Number of mortgage possession orders made
1983 550 476
1984 545 446
1985 471 404
1986 505 497
1987 560 385
1988 454 536