HC Deb 08 February 1996 vol 271 cc292-3W
Mr. Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the annual number of mortgage repossessions since 1979. [14287]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

Figures supplied by the Council of Mortgage Lenders suggest that in 1994, 1,791 properties were taken into possession by mortgage lenders in Scotland. This represents 0.22 per cent. of the total number of properties with mortgages outstanding. The comparable figures for 1993, were 2,330 and 0.29 per cent. respectively. The equivalent figures are not available for the period 1979–1992, and are not yet available for 1995.