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Table 3: Landlord( 1, 3 ) possession claims issued and orders made( 4, 6) in the county courts of Yorkshire and Humberside region, 19997 onwards
	1999		2000		2001		2002		2003
	Claims issued	Orders made	Claims issued	Orders made	Claims issued	Orders made	Claims issued	Orders made	Claims issued	Orders made
Barnsley	472	368	498	378	420	379	577	427	595	448
Bradford	1,085	731	1,166	940	1,251	944	1,202	872	949	761
Dewsbury(5)	658	538	691	610	710	637	672	523	819	654
Doncaster	904	752	759	707	817	699	1,085	889	1,077	917
Grimsby	304	171	312	167	263	218	384	277	427	312
Halifax(5)	395	310	463	325	452	308	569	386	626	442
Harrogate(5)	215	185	210	178	215	164	179	145	181	119
Huddersfield	557	492	551	484	648	532	683	543	687	550
Keighley(5)	169	122	152	128	155	138	153	121	131	100
Kingston-upon-Hull	1,691	944	1,699	862	1,544	938	2,534	1,654	2,025	1,208
Leeds	1,306	1,110	2,078	1,508	2,862	2,587	2,056	1,831	1,155	767
Pontefract(5)	288	258	354	317	306	274	287	246	247	219
Rotherham(5)	394	325	529	348	757	606	774	658	795	614
Scarborough	442	300	402	289	443	339	371	300	357	286
Scunthorpe(5)	574	276	622	374	533	511	532	422	492	429
Sheffield	2,664	1,704	2,271	1,601	2,321	1,553	2,808	2,245	2,334	1,592
Skipton	47	32	62	53	70	66	78	57	95	69
Wakefield(5)	268	216	256	266	279	258	267	180	286	245
York	758	605	739	558	689	554	838	632	711	521
Yorkshire and Humber GOR	13,191	9,439	13,814	10,093	14,735	11,705	16,049	12,408	13,989	10,253
Other HMCS North East region	9,042	6,674	8,387	6,705	7,915	6,182	8,959	6,733	8,819	6,521
HMCS North East region total	22,233	16,113	22,201	16,798	22,650	17,887	25,008	19,141	22,808	16,774

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	2004		2005		2006		2007		2008 (Jan-Sep)( 2)
	Claims issued	Orders made	Claims issued	Orders made	Claims issued	Orders made	Claims issued	Orders made	Claims issued	Orders made
Barnsley	585	454	688	498	744	536	600	509	423	382
Bradford	1,039	920	1,020	843	934	791	790	595	401	355
Dewsbury(5)	789	596	720	605	461	378	552	—	394	—
Doncaster	1,034	903	814	764	876	719	809	769	592	580
Grimsby	469	364	361	309	424	322	483	536	310	264
Halifax(5)	495	414	494	377	485	333	449	—	274	—
Harrogate(5)	172	125	174	141	184	148	143	—	150	—
Huddersfield	655	533	725	530	603	478	612	489	393	414
Keighley(5)	148	108	172	153	166	139	169	—	56	—
Kingston-upon-Hull	1,520	948	1,448	1,066	1,700	1,122	1,359	1,036	914	714
Leeds	1,496	1,060	1,583	1,181	1,215	1,134	1,163	1,002	872	941
Pontefract(5)	399	312	321	281	310	261	277	—	205	—
Rotherham(5)	819	659	614	456	795	594	556	—	321	—
Scarborough	327	229	330	293	360	281	309	285	227	200
Scunthorpe(5)	418	364	389	337	384	309	357	—	294	—
Sheffield	2,486	1,823	2,294	1,724	2,048	1,368	2,012	1,779	1,451	1,671
Skipton	73	62	95	74	59	58	71	55	39	34
Wakefield(5)	358	347	218	175	282	239	279	—	190	—
York	872	588	754	525	677	571	642	513	404	292
Yorkshire and Humber GOR	14,154	10,809	13,214	10,332	12,707	9,781	11,632	—	7,910	—
Other HMCS North East region	9,512	6,495	8,244	6,070	8,855	6,120	8,022	—	5,393	—
HMCS North East region total	23,666	17,304	21,458	16,402	21,562	15,901	19,654	15,756	13,303	10,981
(1) Landlord possession data include all types of landlord whether social or private. (2) Figures for the latest year are provisional. (3) Landlord actions include those made under both standard and accelerated procedures. Landlord actions via the accelerated procedure enable the orders to be made solely on the basis of written evidence and shorthold tenancies, when the fixed period of tenancy has come to an end. (4) Includes outright and suspended orders, the latter being where the court grants the claimant possession but suspends the operation of the order. Provided the defendant complies with the terms of suspension, which usually require the defendant to pay the current mortgage or rent instalments plus some of the accrued arrears, the possession order cannot be enforced. (5) The rollout of the Possession Claim On-Line (PCOL) system in late 2006 has affected the availability of court-level data. Only those county courts who do not have direct on site access to PCOL were affected. Consequently, upward adjustment has been made to estimate the effects of missing data. The figures for these courts are adjusted at HMCS regional level. Notes: 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. Court level data are not available for all landlord possession actions prior to 1999. Source: Ministry of Justice

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