§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many mortgage repossession orders there were in each court district in each of the months of(a) January, February and March 1997, (b) January, February and March 1998, (c) May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December 1998 and (d) January 1999. [76118]
§ Mr. McLeish[holding answer 15 March 1999]: Figures in relation to repossession of property by mortgage lenders have been collected by the courts since a revised system of collecting Civil Judicial Statistics was instituted on 1 January 1994. The figures for the number 178W of mortgage repossession orders in each Court District in each of the months of (a) January, February and March 1997, (b) January, February and March 1998, (c) May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December 1998 and (d) January 1999 are shown in the tables.
Court 1 January 1997 1 February 1997 1 March 1997 Aberdeen 29 13 20 Airdrie 17 18 14 Alloa 3 2 1 Arbroath 8 3 5 Ayr 9 12 15 Banff 3 1 1 Campbeltown 0 1 0 Cupar 5 2 3 Ding wall 2 1 2 Dornoch 0 0 0 Dumbarton 13 6 13 Dumfries 1 4 5 Dundee 16 9 13 Dunfermline 21 18 12 Dunoon 0 2 0 Duns 0 1 2 Edinburgh 29 41 42 Elgin 3 3 6 Falkirk 4 7 3 Forfar 3 1 1 Fort William 0 0 0 Glasgow 56 70 58 Greenock 3 3 3 Haddington 9 2 9 Hamilton 25 24 23 Inverness 0 6 4 Jedburgh 4 2 2 Kilmarnock 17 21 17 Kirkcaldy 15 22 10 Kirkcudbright 3 1 2 Kirkwall 0 1 1 Lanark 6 9 0 Lerwick 0 0 0 Linlithgow 15 17 0 Lochmaddy 0 1 0 Oban 1 0 4 Paisley 1 0 2 Peebles 0 0 2 Perth 11 6 6 Peterhead 7 2 4 Portree 0 0 0 Rothesay 1 0 1 Selkirk 0 3 2 Stirling 5 8 0 Stonehaven 0 3 7 Stornoway 0 0 0 Stranraer 3 2 1 Tain 0 0 0 Wick 0 0 0 Grand Total 348 348 316
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Court 1 January 1998 1 February 1998 1 March 1998 Aberdeen 16 19 21 Airdrie 22 11 17 Alloa 2 5 4 Arbroath 0 11 3 Ayr 9 7 15 Banff 0 0 2 Campbeltown 1 1 2 Cupar 2 1 5 Dingwall 1 1 2 Dornoch 1 0 0 Dumbarton 17 21 15 Dumfries 7 1 2 Dundee 5 17 10
Court 1 January 1998 1 February 1998 1 March 1998 Dunfermline 19 14 12 Dunoon 1 2 5 Duns 1 2 1 Edinburgh 34 55 53 Elgin 5 2 2 Falkirk 11 9 6 Forfar 1 4 2 Fort William 0 1 0 Glasgow 52 86 70 Greenock 7 8 2 Haddington 10 3 4 Hamilton 1 3 6 Inverness 5 10 12 Jedburgh 1 2 1 Kilmarnock 24 14 28 Kirkcaldy 7 22 12 Kirkcudbright 0 0 0 Kirkwall 0 0 1 Lanark 3 6 3
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Court 1 May 1998 1 June 1998 1 July 1998 1 August 1998 1 September 1998 1 October 1998 1 November 1998 1 December 1998 Aberdeen 8 6 18 15 9 14 23 14 Airdrie 18 16 42 18 29 19 27 22 Alloa 4 2 4 11 10 8 9 6 Arbroath 5 2 5 3 5 6 4 6 Ayr 12 12 18 13 16 7 10 12 Banff 4 2 1 3 2 4 1 2 Campbeltown 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 Cupar 1 6 5 0 4 2 2 6 Dingwall 3 0 0 2 5 3 1 2 Dornoch 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Dumbarton 22 12 15 15 10 18 16 17 Dumfries 3 9 7 4 6 2 0 5 Dundee 19 18 17 19 11 16 19 5 Dunfermline 14 17 24 12 22 7 17 16 Dunoon 2 0 2 3 2 8 3 0 Duns 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 3 Edinburgh 64 56 54 61 54 41 25 35 Elgin 9 3 0 0 1 4 2 5 Falkirk 13 6 9 18 23 13 18 7 Forfar 2 3 4 2 4 1 2 2 Fort William 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 0 Glasgow 77 94 109 92 98 86 89 135 Greenock 0 9 12 7 9 5 8 8 Haddington 8 4 11 5 4 10 5 4 Hamilton 3 3 2 16 4 0 27 10 Inverness 5 5 12 7 13 9 10 12 Jedburgh 1 5 3 2 2 3 5 5 Kilmarnock 20 21 28 19 22 31 30 21 Kirkcaldy 15 23 26 22 18 22 21 13 Kirkcudbright 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 Kirkwall 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Lanark 2 4 4 1 13 5 12 7 Lerwick 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 Linlithgow 13 25 18 30 31 15 29 16 Lochmaddy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oban 2 2 2 2 0 4 1 0 Paisley 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peebles 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Perth 3 9 17 5 9 7 13 6 Peterhead 1 8 8 5 5 3 3 3 Portree 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 Rothesay 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 Selkirk 0 2 3 5 4 3 7 0 Stirling 8 5 8 1 12 3 6 4 Stonehaven 1 1 0 3 0 1 4 1 Stornoway 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 Stranraer 5 2 2 3 2 4 0 1 Tain 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 Wick 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Grand Total 423 399 499 437 468 393 454 419
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Court 1 January 1998 1 February 1998 1 March 1998 Lerwick 0 4 0 Linlithgow 15 23 11 Lochmaddy 0 1 1 Oban 0 2 0 Paisley 29 41 31 Peebles 0 1 1 Perth 9 9 11 Peterhead 6 11 5 Portree 0 0 1 Rothesay 0 1 2 Selkirk 3 3 5 Stirling 6 2 5 Stonehaven 3 2 1 Stornoway 1 2 1 Stranraer 1 1 2 Tain 2 0 1 Wick 0 0 0 Grand Total 340 441 396
Court 1 January 1999 Aberdeen 13 Airdrie 26 Alloa 6 Arbroath 7 Ayr 3 Banff 2 Campbeltown 2 Cupar 3 Dingwall 6 Dornoch 1 Dumbarton 15 Dumfries 3 Dundee 13 Dunfermline 15 Dunoon 4 Duns 0 Edinburgh 41 Elgin 4 Falkirk 6 Forfar 2 Fort William 1 Glasgow 80 Greenock 3 Haddington 2 Hamilton 6 Jedburgh 1 Kilmarnock 30 Kirkcaldy 12 Kirkcudbright 1 Kirkwall 0 Lanark 5 Lerwick 1 Linlithgow 11 Lochmaddy 1
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September 1997 September 1998 P1 P2 P3 P1 P2 P3 No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % Aberdeen City 227 10.5 446 21.4 570 29.2 225 10.9 287 14.3 163 8 Aberdeenshire 126 5.6 160 9 315 16.2 191 9 410 22.6 349 18.6 Angus 124 11.7 193 19.8 31 3.1 158 15.5 254 26 220 21.8 Argyll and Bute 62 8.8 127 22.2 255 45.9 31 4.7 131 24.5 160 23 Clackmannanshire 33 4.9 64 11.3 64 13.1 65 11.6 94 15.1 64 11.3 Dumfries and Galloway 322 29.8 227 25.6 420 38.9 95 8.8 223 23.6 160 16.4 Dundee City 568 33.8 561 34.6 580 38.3 351 24.2 369 24.9 362 22.8 East Ayrshire 162 11.4 189 13.9 349 26 221 16.3 189 14.7 126 9.2 East Dunbartonshire 288 20.5 478 35.9 452 33.5 318 23.4 285 22.3 671 51.1 East Lothian 127 12.4 192 18.5 192 20.3 159 16 256 29 191 19.1 East Renfrewshire 361 30.3 655 57.4 446 41.9 432 35.9 553 50.4 483 40.2 Edinburgh, City of 1,195 27.9 1,694 40.9 1,681 42.1 1,166 28.3 1,246 31.6 1,536 38.4 Eilean Siar — — — — — — — — — — — — Falkirk 450 28.1 673 45.3 646 42.6 293 19.5 415 29.7 611 41.3 Fife 155 4.3 318 10.4 758 23 94 2.7 124 4 345 10.5 Glasgow City 1,327 20.4 1,217 20.4 1,484 26.3 1,486 24.9 1,315 24 1,284 22.4 Highland 201 12.1 190 12.3 284 18.5 95 5.8 96 7 96 6.4 Inverclyde 159 15.2 193 19 258 25.1 129 13.4 128 12.8 190 20.1 Midlothian 160 16.7 98 11.1 351 37.6 — — 126 15.1 126 14 Moray 94 9.4 161 18.1 285 37 — — 62 6.8 124 13.6 North Ayrshire 258 16.2 345 21.8 383 24.7 163 10.6 320 22.1 348 22.7 North Lanarkshire 589 16.1 706 21.1 1,035 32.2 424 11.6 419 13.2 750 22.7 Orkney Islands — — — — — — — — — — — — Perth and Kinross 378 32 196 18.7 348 29.8 226 18.3 318 27 382 31.9 Renfrewshire 878 40.7 461 24.8 685 32.5 549 27.2 682 34.1 653 34.2 Scottish Borders 158 18.2 129 15.6 157 19.4 71 8.4 32 4.2 191 24.1 Shetland Islands — — — — — — — — — — — — South Ayrshire 255 22.1 260 22.8 516 48.4 478 39.6 286 26.3 287 25.8 South Lanarkshire 352 10.5 414 14 799 27.6 418 12.1 318 11 602 21 Stirling 63 7.6 125 17 189 25.9 96 13.5 155 20.6 254 30.6 West Dunbartonshire 187 16.8 320 31.4 159 17 96 9 158 16.5 384 38.1 West Lothian 516 26.5 709 38.2 773 43.8 777 41.6 613 34.5 613 34.3
court 1 January 1999 Oban 1 Paisley 0 Peebles 0 Perth 6 Peterhead 4 Portree 1 Rothesay 1 Selkirk 4 Stonehaven 1 Stornoway 2 Stranraer 3 Tain 0 Wick 0 Grand Total 356 From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.