The Ministry of Justice published quarterly national statistics on possession claim actions in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords.  These statistics cover the period from April to June 2021.

Landlord Possessions

When compared to the same quarter in 2020, landlord possession claims, orders, warrants and repossessions by county court bailiffs increased by over 100 per cent across all actions. Possession claims rose from 3,023 to 7,000, orders from 656 to 5431, warrants from 274 to 3,709 and repossessions from zero to 1,516. However, when compared to the same quarter in 2019, these actions have decreased by 74 per cent, 75 per cent, 73 per cent and 80 per cent respectively.

Mortgage Possessions

They also published quarterly national statistics on possession claim actions in county courts by mortgage lenders and social and private landlords.

The statistics cover the period from April to June 2021. Compared to the same quarter in 2020, which was the start of Covid-19 pandemic, all mortgage actions increased by over 100 per cent. Mortgage possession claims increased from 161 to 2,498, orders from 146 to 402, warrants from 10 to 513 and repossessions by county court bailiffs increased from 3 to 44. However, when compared to 2019, pre-Covid-19 mortgage possession claims, orders, warrants and repossessions by county court bailiffs have decreased by 60 per cent, 90 per cent, 89 per cent and 96 per cent respectively.

For the statistics (combined with those for landlord possession above), click here.