HC Deb 24 October 1989 vol 158 cc384-5W
Mr. Corbett

To ask the Attorney-General what, at each of the county courts on the Midland and Oxford circuit by name is the(a) shortest and (b) longest time currently being taken to obtain a hearing for possession of land actions; and what was the position one and two years earlier.

The Attorney-General

[holding answer 20 October 1989]: The tables show the current position for possession hearings at each county court on the Midland and Oxford circuit. Apart from Birmingham county court, the present position is much as it was one and two years ago. At Birmingham the city council has substantially increased the number of possession actions in respect of rent arrears in recent months. Consideration is being given to ways of reducing the time taken to obtain a hearing at Birmingham county court.

Shortest and longest time taken to obtain a hearing for possession of land actions at county courts by court administrator group Birmingham Group
Court Shortest (weeks) Longest (weeks)
Banbury County 8 8
Birmingham County 7 22
Corby County 7 7
Huntingdon County 5 6
Kettering County 7 7
Nuneaton County 4 8
Rugby County 8 8
Stratford County 4 7
Wellingborough County 7 7
Coventry combined 6 6
Northampton combined 7 7
Oxford combined 7 7
Peterborough combined 5 9
Warwick combined 6 6

Shortest and longest time taken to obtain a hearing for possession of land actions at county courts by court administrator group Nottingham Group
Court Shortest (weeks) Longest (weeks)
Alfreton County 7 8
Boston County 4 11
Buxton County 7 10
Chesterfield County 6 6
Derby County 5 9
Gainsborough County 4 8
Grantham County 6 9
Grimsby County 7 9
Ilkeston County 6 14
Leicester County 8 9
Lincoln County 6 12
Loughborough County 4 8
Mansfield County 5 6
Matlock County 6 6
Melton Mowbray County 4 13
Newark County 5 7
Nottingham combined 6 7
Scunthorpe County 7 7
Skegness County 5 8
Sleaford County 7 8
Spalding County 4 8
Worksop County 5 7

Shortest and longest time taken to obtain a hearing for possession of land actions at county courts by court administrator group Stafford Group
Court Shortest (weeks) Longest (weeks)
Burton on Trent 6 6
Dudley 5 6
Evesham 9 9
Great Malvern 5 8
Hereford 6 8
Kidderminster 5½ 7½
Lichfield 4 4
Ludlow 6 8
Market Drayton 5 5
Oswestry 7 10
Redditch 6 9
Shrewsbury 7 9
Stafford 4 8
Stoke on Trent 6 6
Stourbridge 6 8
Tamworth 6 7
Telford 4 9
Walsall 7 8
West Bromwich 4 4
Wolverhampton 6 10
Worcester 4 7