Estimated numbers of households in England with mortgages that have mortgage insurance back to 2002-03 are presented in the following table. It is not possible to say if these insurance policies were taken out at the time of house purchase/remortgage or at another time.
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 All buying with mortgage (thousand) 8,504 8,523 8,300 8,144 8,072 With mortgage insurance (thousand) 5,036 5,088 4,812 4,798 4,670 with mortgage insurance (percentage) 59 60 58 59 58 1 Insurance that pays off all or part of the mortgage in case of critical illness, or accident, sickness or unemployment/redundancy Source: Communities and Local Government, Survey of English Housing