HC Deb 05 July 1995 vol 263 cc209-10W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many(a) proceedings were commenced to repossess homes and (b) homes were repossessed in (i) York, (ii) North Yorkshire, (iii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iv) England in each year since 1979. [31597]

Mr. John M. Taylor

The question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

Letter from M. D. Huebner to Mr. Hugh Bayley, dated 5 July 1995: The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, has asked me to reply to your Question about repossession proceedings. The following charts show the total number of possession actions commenced in York County Court; North Yorkshire; Yorkshire and Humberside and England since 1987 (the earliest year for which data is available). As not all actions result in the issue and execution of a warrant of possession, I am unable to tell you how many properties were repossessed in this period. I have therefore included in the tables the number of possession orders made. I should add that the figures for 1994 are provisional and are consequently liable to revision to take account of any late amendments.

York County Court
Actions commenced Orders made
1987 335 269
1988 327 238
1989 368 193
1990 505 314
1991 577 455
1992 456 405
1993 346 316
1994 358 274
North Yorkshire
Actions commenced Orders made
1987 637 475
1988 527 393
1989 661 401
1990 1,030 622
1991 1,430 1,005
1992 1,119 1,032
1993 845 764
1994 764 564
Yorkshire and Humberside
Actions commenced Orders made
1987 7,777 5,684
1988 7,304 5,046
1989 7,380 4,053
1990 10,434 6,794
1991 14,146 10,844
1992 10,280 8,934
1993 8,447 7,432
1994 7,619 5,474
England
Actions commenced Orders made
1987 74,048 45,836
1988 67,729 44,711
1989 86,246 50,267
1990 137,714 98,546
1991 176,414 135,490
1992 134,574 119,805
1993 109,734 99,388
1994 83,516 73,943

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