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http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/mortgatelandlordpossession.htm.

These figures do not indicate how many homes have actually been repossessed. Repossessions can occur without a court order being made, while not all court orders result in repossession.

Number of mortgage( 1) and landlord( 2, 3) possession actions in Eastbourne county court by each month, 2007 to 2008( 4)
	Mortgage possession				Landlord possession
	Eastbourne		HMCS South East		Eastbourne		HMCS South East
	Claims issued	Orders made( 5, 6, 7)	Claims issued	Orders made( 5, 6, 7)	Claims issued	Orders made( 5, 6, 7)	Claims issued	Orders made( 5, 6, 7)
January 2007	32	—	2,267	1,840	36	—	2,273	2,056
February 2007	25	—	2,037	1,305	31	—	2,187	1,344
March 2007	43	—	2,254	1,505	31	—	2,138	1,607
April 2007	21	—	1,851	1,411	16	—	1,806	1,406
May 2007	53	—	2,297	1,396	50	—	2,182	1,399
June 2007	31	—	2,211	1,530	45	—	2,287	1,545
July 2007	33	—	2,399	1,522	32	—	2,199	1,585
August 2007	40	—	2,174	1,457	37	—	2,416	1,596
September 2007	20	—	1,898	1,479	23	—	2,055	1,642
October 2007	25	—	2,193	1,747	35	—	2,447	1,795
November 2007	36	—	2,308	1,507	39	—	2,340	1,789
December 2007	17	—	1,816	1,170	20	—	1,760	1,421
January 2008	33	—	2,551	1,837	41	—	2,616	1,973
February 2008	49	—	2,617	1,575	38	—	2,432	1,678
March 2008	25	—	2,316	1,639	24	—	2,162	1,649
April 2008	42	—	2,553	1,955	24	—	2,311	1,981
May 2008	41	—	2,318	1,756	15	—	2,056	1,593
June 2008	27	—	2,340	1,869	27	—	2,281	1,733
July 2008	40	—	2,480	1,862	26	—	2,543	1,928
August 2008	44	—	2,348	1,764	23	—	2,246	1,659
September 2008	42	—	2,206	1,892	26	—	2,327	1,843
October 2008	32	—	2,187	1,818	25	—	2,582	1,940
November 2008	(8)26	—	(8)1,626	1,623	18	—	2,095	1,709
December 2008	(8)11	—	(8)766	1,414	17	—	1,913	1,536
(1) Includes all types of mortgage lenders. (2 )Includes all types of landlord whether social or private. (3 )Landlord actions include those made under both standard and accelerated procedures. Landlord actions via the accelerated procedure enables the orders to be made solely on the basis of written evidence for shorthold tenancies, when the fixed period of tenancy has come to an end. (4 )Figures for the latest month are provisional. (5 )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. (6 )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. (7 )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 which do not have direct on site access to PCOL were affected. Consequently, upward adjustments have been applied which estimate the effects of the missing data. The figures for Eastbourne court are adjusted at Her Majesty Courts Service (HMCS,) regional level, which for Eastbourne is the south east. (8 )The Mortgage Pre Action Protocol for possession claims relating to mortgage or home purchase arrears was introduced in November 2008. In the short term, it has led to substantial fall in the number of new possession claims. More details are available in the recent repossession action bulletin available on Ministry of Justice website. Source: Ministry of Justice

Repossession Orders: Wandsworth

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in Putney, Roehampton and Southfields in each of the last 10 years. [258361]

Bridget Prentice: Figures for Putney, Roehampton and Southfields constituency are not available. However, statistics on mortgage and landlord possession orders for London county courts (1987 to 2008) are available via the Ministry of Justice website at:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/stats-landlord-mortgage-historic-20-02-09.xls

These include figures for Wandsworth county court, which is nearest to Putney, Roehampton and Southfields constituency.

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, geographical boundaries of county courts may not necessarily be consistent with other administrative or constituency boundaries. Repossession orders made at Wandsworth county court may therefore relate to properties in other constituencies besides Putney, Roehampton and Southfields.

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These figures do not indicate how many homes have actually been repossessed. Repossessions can occur without a court order being made, while not all court orders result in repossession.

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