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Home Repossession

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many court orders have been made for the repossession of homes in each London borough since 1987. [87242]

Ms Harman: The following table shows the number of mortgage possession orders made in all London county courts since 1987.

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The civil procedure rules state that all claims for the repossession of land must be commenced in the district in which the land is situated. However, county courts’ jurisdictions are not coterminous with London borough boundaries, and therefore any single court’s repossession actions are likely to relate to homes in a number of different boroughs.

These figures do not indicate how many houses have been repossessed through the courts, since not all the orders will have resulted in the issue and execution of warrants of possession.

Number of mortgage^{( 1)} possession orders made in county courts^{( 2)} in London, 1987-2005
	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Brent	349	311	372	272	821	345	332	248	117
Bow	470	724	1832	1614	1974	1046	1183	563	421
Brentford	313	475	568	588	965	779	445	273	236
Bromley	401	461	557	405	811	486	447	340	285
Central London	0	0	0	0	0	585	885	585	537
Clerkenwell	72	102	96	120	225	353	245	120	221
Croydon	549	357	470	1256	2306	816	672	593	542
Edmonton	509	261	860	682	815	1016	713	369	534
Ilford	172	452	283	386	484	386	319	186	146
Kingston-upon-Thames	161	134	215	479	465	499	369	292	259
Lambeth	203	587	397	505	421	649	337	291	319
Mayors and City	0	0	0	11	4	5	7	3	11
Romford	309	286	425	434	579	412	271	180	202
Shorditch	135	104	145	195	222	256	268	99	120
Uxbridge	302	265	329	697	562	435	407	321	335
Wandsworth	213	193	588	497	607	443	478	375	287
West London	146	133	189	323	380	380	249	168	236
Willesden	440	510	578	1965	1650	1114	943	1635	1095
Woolwich	171	228	268	209	425	395	255	156	143
Bloomsbury	220	358	495	466	643	973	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—
Westminster	11	62	54	42	41	36	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—
London total	5,146	6,003	8,721	11,146	14,400	11,409	8,825	6,797	6,046

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	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Brent	123	66	48	115	78	66	100	97	143	302
Bow	520	389	709	662	291	176	248	295	456	817
Brentford	225	103	216	222	138	110	113	124	189	290
Bromley	218	186	164	154	163	103	161	235	271	486
Central London	303	83	104	26	52	43	88	101	162	281
Clerkenwell	61	65	80	104	33	31	35	59	78	132
Croydon	485	392	372	301	252	257	254	338	394	644
Edmonton	365	602	296	175	143	176	206	228	285	553
Ilford	216	137	223	127	120	105	115	93	219	309
Kingston-upon-Thames	283	222	140	138	88	58	58	91	94	165
Lambeth	177	139	131	43	66	117	160	195	311	533
Mayors and City	3	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	0
Romford	137	172	123	119	100	111	118	179	211	445
Shorditch	114	97	110	285	45	48	80	113	155	225
Uxbridge	254	94	159	192	143	108	100	98	149	227
Wandsworth	344	206	144	247	59	96	100	135	187	295
West London	238	115	75	43	41	40	40	64	79	150
Willesden	613	251	332	310	168	155	147	236	255	459
Woolwich	134	107	88	97	91	53	96	96	181	348
Bloomsbury	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—
Westminster	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—
London Total	4,813	3,426	3,516	3,362	2,073	1,854	2,220	2,777	3,821	6,661
⁽¹⁾ Local authority and private. ⁽²⁾ The court, following a judicial hearing, may grant an order for possession immediately. This entitles the claimant to apply for a warrant to have the defendant evicted. However, even where a warrant for possession is issued, the parties can still negotiate a compromise to prevent eviction. ⁽³⁾ For the years 1987 to 1989, “Suspended orders” were not separately counted. They are thus included in “Orders made”. ⁽⁴⁾ Court closed.

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