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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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