To ask Her Majesty's Government how many redundancies and repossessions of property there were in Wales in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008, and (d) 2009 to date. [HL1985]

The Ministry of Justice publishes England and Wales figures that show the number of mortgage possession orders made. These figures represent court actions for possession and not actual homes repossessed, as not all possession orders are enforced.

Figures from the Ministry of Justice show that:

for the four quarters of 2008, there were 7,706 mortgage possession orders made in Wales;

for the four quarters of 2007, there were 6,209 mortgage possession orders made in Wales; and

for the four quarters of 2006, there were 5,542 mortgage possession orders made in Wales.

No figures for 2009 on the number of mortgage possession orders in Wales are available yet.

There are no official statistics held on the number of redundancies in Wales.