§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many court repossessions of homes because of default on mortgages there have been in each of the last 20 years. [58666]
§ Yvette CooperSpecific reasons for the instigation of mortgage possession proceedings in the county courts are not collected centrally and could be provided only at a disproportionate cost to the Department. However, for information purposes, figures are provided in the table illustrating the number of possession warrants executed as a percentage of orders made for both mortgage and rent possessions. It is not currently possible to split the warrants executed figure into mortgage and rent components.
Mortgage and rent possession actions—possession orders and warrants issued and executed Mortgage and rent possession actions Possession warrants: Warrants executed as percentage of: Possession orders made1 Issued Executed Orders made Warrants issued 2001 158,857 133,500 65,620 41.3 49.2 2000 161,746 134,478 61,581 38.1 45.8 1999 171,518 136,718 68,723 40.1 50.3 1998 178,291 129,961 59,701 33.5 45.9 1997 157,025 115,646 49,865 31.8 43.1 1996 159,052 111,473 48,587 30.5 43.6 1995 157,857 117,301 51,096 32.4 43.6 1994 141,242 115,688 49,222 34.8 42.5 1993 188,007 124,271 51,333 27.3 41.3 1992 223,839 124,211 62,439 27.9 50.3 1991 237,918 133,101 61,139 25.7 45.9 1990 216,288 106,980 41,799 19.3 39.1 1989 164,843 85,310 29,287 17.8 34.3 1988 117,879 70,121 28,588 24.3 40.8 1987 101,340 66,813 30,092 29.7 45.0 1986 91,091 59,971 30,302 33.3 50.5 1985 82,516 53,172 26,116 31.6 49.1 1984 79,917 49,563 23,934 29.9 48.3 1983 87,748 45,817 20,373 23.2 44.5 1982 106,555 50,711 20,951 19.7 41.3 1 Includes suspended orders