The tables show the numbers of mortgage and landlord possession claims issued and orders made in each county court in Hampshire over the 12 months to June 2008.
Court level statistics on mortgage and landlord repossession actions from 1987 to 2007 are available on the Ministry of Justice website at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/mortgatelandlordpossession.htm
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.
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. As county courts’ jurisdictions are not coterminous with the borough boundaries, any single court’s repossession actions are likely to relate to homes in a number of different boroughs.
Aldershot and Farnham Basingstoke Portsmouth Southampton Winchester Claims issued Orders made1 Claims issued Orders made1 Claims issued Orders made1 Claims issued Orders made1 Claims issued Orders made1 2007 July 75 38 36 18 151 56 86 61 14 5 August 50 43 32 12 103 86 82 55 5 7 September 48 41 21 18 101 125 59 59 6 3 October 50 44 36 24 126 51 79 50 9 8 November 45 26 42 12 125 56 96 64 8 2 December 35 16 26 22 111 61 69 49 6 5 2008 January 51 37 30 30 155 77 90 73 14 5 February 55 26 45 21 164 89 81 65 6 5 March 45 34 31 17 118 104 83 53 10 2 April 49 44 45 31 144 98 72 71 11 6 May 62 16 28 22 135 92 88 51 4 6 June 37 52 26 32 130 125 85 66 9 6 1 Includes outright and suspended orders, the later 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 requires the defendant to pay the current mortgage instalments plus some of the accrued arrears, the possession order cannot be enforced. Notes: 1. Mortgage possession data include all types of lenders whether local authority or 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. Although orders made will be less than claims issued overall, in a given month it is possible for the former figure to exceed the latter as a result of time lags in the process (typically around eight weeks from claim issue to order). Source: Ministry of Justice
Aldershot and Farnham Basingstoke Portsmouth Southampton Winchester Claims issued Orders made1 Claims issued Orders made1 Claims issued Orders made1 Claims issued Orders made1 Claims issued Orders made1 2007 July 32 60 56 24 128 69 98 58 15 6 August 56 30 46 30 174 66 98 64 19 12 October 41 34 46 25 126 87 84 65 3 4 September 41 30 42 50 122 54 134 79 16 8 November 45 26 32 29 136 78 87 83 8 10 December 28 17 31 21 103 72 92 52 10 7 2008 January 89 52 39 34 149 75 97 85 6 7 February 49 47 47 32 119 72 87 106 15 7 March 61 48 17 18 119 84 89 77 16 11 April 46 54 36 29 87 78 118 96 8 13 May 39 36 47 20 90 57 82 80 5 3 June 38 47 47 37 93 85 103 78 13 7 1 Includes outright and suspended orders, the later 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 requires the defendant to pay the current mortgage instalments plus some of the accrued arrears, the possession order cannot be enforced. Notes: 1. Landlord possession data include all types of landlord whether local authority, housing associations or 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. Although orders made will be less than claims issued overall, in a given month it is possible for the former figure to exceed the latter as a result of time lags in the process (typically around eight weeks from claim issue to order). Source: Ministry of Justice