§ Mrs. LaingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many home repossessions there were in Scotland in each year since 1992. [77765]
§ Mr. McLeish[holding answer 25 March 1999]: Figures in relation to repossession of property by mortgage lenders have only been collected by the courts since a revised system of collecting Civil Judicial Statistics was instituted on 1 January 1994. Figures are not available prior to this time.
Figures for the number of home repossession orders granted in Scotland for each year since 1994 are shown in the table. Not all lenders who are granted decrees actually enforce them.
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Court 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Aberdeen 15 90 202 186 178 Airdrie 107 106 138 200 244 Alloa 12 37 31 36 70 Arbroath 20 7 14 37 60 Ayr 39 106 98 142 149 Banff 0 17 16 15 23 Campbeltown 7 12 7 13 Cupar 33 32 52 44 37 Dingwall 16 26 14 17 22 Dornoch 3 4 1 1 4 Dumbarton 47 125 105 106 197 Dumfries 28 58 54 42 50 Dundee 69 94 165 149 168 Dunfermline 96 124 132 157 185 Dunoon 15 14 13 18 29 Duns 8 10 16 11 15 Edinburgh 245 419 501 536 574 Elgin 28 30 58 35 37 Falkirk 68 112 142 118 142 Forfar 9 8 29 19 31 Fort William 0 4 6 4 11 Glasgow 479 689 872 869 1,051 Greenock 3 8 50 46 80 Haddington 60 64 82 88 74 Hamilton 109 236 253 171 75 Inverness 23 62 64 80 110 Jedburgh 11 21 21 22 36 Kilmarnock 88 194 216 221 268 Kirkcaldy 53 132 155 176 224 Kirkcudbright 11 11 19 16 5 Kirkwall 5 4 13 4 2 Lanark 0 49 58 52 66 Lerwick 2 4 3 2 12 Linlithgow 91 180 209 160 251 Lochmaddy 2 2 7 1 3 Oban 8 8 12 12 18 Paisley 36 203 176 198 149 Peebles 10 9 10 7 6 Perth 44 76 109 84 108 Peterhead 48 35 65 53 62 Portree 4 2 8 4 8 Rothesay 5 5 2 7 10 Selkirk 18 16 17 24 38 Stirling 37 39 34 47 66 Stonehaven 21 32 42 40 22 Stornoway 0 1 13 5 9 Stranraer 18 20 20 21 26 Tain 5 7 13 15 11 Wick 2 10 2 0 1 Grand Total 2,058 3,554 4,339 4,305 5,030 From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.