Written question asked by Sally Keeble (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 September 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 September 2008. It was answered by Parmjit Dhanda (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 September 2008 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Repossession Orders

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes were repossessed in (a) each local housing authority area and (b) nationwide in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available.

Answer: There are two independent sources of data on actual numbers of mortgage possessions: The Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Financial Services Authority. However both are only available for the United Kingdom as a whole.The Council of Mortgage Lenders data is available on their website at:"http://www.cml.org.Uk/cml/filegrab/3AP4.xls?ref=2753"The Financial Services Authority data is available on their website at:"http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/Doing/Regulated/Returns/IRR/statistics/"

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