Small Claims

Mr. Edward Davey
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many cases have been taken to the small claims courts in each of the last five years; how many judgments in favour of the claimants were made in each year as a result of these cases; and in how many cases in each year the orders have been successfully enforced. [36340]

Mr. Hoon
The figures requested are as follows:------
|Year|
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|1993|
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|1994|
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|1995|
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|1996|
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|1997|
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Figures on judgments for plaintiffs before 1996 and on successfully enforced cases are not collected centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.