§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many households were in mortgage arrears by region, expressed as(a) a percentage and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentage figures, in the latest year for which figures are available. [30583]
§ Ms KeebleThis information is not collected by my Department. Data are compiled by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, but only for the United Kingdom as a whole and not for individual regions. The number of UK households in mortgage arrears of three months or more in 2000 were as follows:
Length of arrears Number of households As percentage of all households with mortgages 3–6 months 95,260 0.85 6–12 months 47,820 0.43 Over 12 months 20,820 0.19 All with arrears of 3 months plus 163,900 1.47 Source:
Council of Mortgage Lenders