§ Mr. RowlandsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate his Department has of the number of mortgage repossessions(a) in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney and (b) in Wales since December 1991.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesInformation on the number of possessions in the United Kingdom for the half year to June 1992 will be published by the Council of Mortgage Lenders during the summer. The data for the same period from the Lord Chancellor's Department, giving the number of orders made as a result of mortgage possession actions by courts in Wales, will also be available then.
For England and Wales as a whole, the council estimates that measures taken since December will save some 55,000 possessions this year: 40,000 as a result of new procedures for dealing with arrears cases; and 15,000 as a result of the direct payment to lenders of the mortgage interest element of income support.