Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many property possession warrants have been issued to (a) NRAM Ltd, (b) Landmark Mortgages, (c) (i) Henrico, (ii) Auburn and (iii) all other companies in the Promontoria group and (d) WhistleTree as part of possession proceedings in each quarter since January 2016.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The volume of possession warrants issued in relation to the companies named are provided in the following tables.
The number of property possession warrants have been issued as part of possession proceedings to (a) NRAM plc, (b) Mortgage Express, (c) Barclays and (d) Nationwide in each quarter since January 2010
Year | Quarter | NRAM Plc | Mortgage Express | Barclays | Nationwide |
2010 | 1 | 94 | 148 | 155 | 73 |
2 | 48 | 107 | 112 | 55 | |
3 | 56 | 129 | 102 | 61 | |
4 | 43 | 94 | 88 | 67 | |
Year | 241 | 478 | 457 | 256 | |
2011 | 1 | 33 | 98 | 80 | 55 |
2 | 30 | 72 | 51 | 25 | |
3 | 23 | 76 | 66 | 30 | |
4 | 14 | 44 | 42 | 23 | |
Year | 100 | 290 | 239 | 133 | |
2012 | 1 | 20 | 36 | 52 | 22 |
2 | 14 | 36 | 52 | 9 | |
3 | 22 | 49 | 38 | 11 | |
4 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 10 | |
Year | 77 | 139 | 181 | 52 | |
2013 | 1 | 17 | 40 | 39 | 12 |
2 | 9 | 42 | 36 | 7 | |
3 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 9 | |
4 | 8 | 36 | 12 | 12 | |
Year | 43 | 161 | 117 | 40 | |
2014 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 23 | 15 |
2 | 10 | 24 | 17 | 8 | |
3 | 9 | 27 | 17 | 7 | |
4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | |
Year | 39 | 84 | 66 | 37 | |
2015 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 10 |
2 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | |
3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | |
4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | |
Year | 41 | 54 | 33 | 23 | |
2016 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 2 |
2 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 9 | |
3 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 2 | |
4 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 8 | |
Year | 40 | 67 | 50 | 21 | |
2017 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 9 | |
3 | 0 | 12 | 34 | 10 | |
4 | 1 | 13 | 37 | 13 | |
Year | 4 | 53 | 96 | 45 | |
2018 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 10 |
2 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 9 |
The number of property possession warrants have been issued to (a) NRAM Ltd, (b) Landmark Mortgages, (c) (i) Henrico, (ii) Auburn and (iii) all other companies in the Promontoria group and (d) WhistleTree as part of possession proceedings in each quarter since January 2016.
Year | Quarter | NRAM Ltd | Landmark Mortgages | Henrico | Auburn | Promontoria Group* | WhistleTree |
2016 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
3 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Year | 69 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
2017 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
Year | 39 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
2018 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
*including ‘Promontoria’, ‘Eagle’, ‘Thames’, ‘Hampton’
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual operating costs were of (a) Harrogate, (b) Skipton, (c) Scarborough, (d) Teeside and (e) York magistrates' court in the last 12 months for which data are available.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Total operational costs for magistrates’ courts in the financial year 2017/18 (£k):
| Annual Operating Costs | Staff related costs | Other operating costs |
Harrogate | 559 | 282* | **277 |
Skipton | 58 | 0* | **58 |
Scarborough | 526 | 246 | **280 |
Teesside | 2,996 | 2,080 | 916 |
York | 909 | 442 | 467 |
‘* Staff and admin costs at Skipton are included within the figures for Harrogate, no disaggregation is possible.
** These locations are co located and include county and family courts, the costs shown here represent the costs apportioned to the magistrates’ court.
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to offer support to relatives who are dissatisfied with the result of an inquest.
Answered by Phillip Lee
The Ministry of Justice’s Guide to Coroner Services, which is aimed at bereaved families, sets out how inquest conclusions can be challenged. There are two ways of doing so: either through an application to the High Court with the authority of the Attorney General, or by way of judicial review. The Guide is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-coroner-services-and-coroner-investigations-a-short-guide
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to fully implement section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 relating to sexual communication with a child.
Answered by Oliver Heald
The Government is committed to commencing and implementing section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 and will do so as soon as possible.
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of eviction possession hearings that took place in respect of (a) private and (b) social landlords in the last year for which data is available.
Answered by Oliver Heald
The number of possession hearings that took place in respect of (a) private and (b) social landlords are available on GOV.UK using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-april-to-june-2016
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to address the needs of women in the justice system.
Answered by Phillip Lee
Crime is falling and fewer women are entering the justice system – with the female prison population now consistently under 4,000. We want to see even fewer women offending and reoffending. We are working with local areas to address female offenders’ needs throughout their offender journey, and have awarded £200k in funding to pilot this work.
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to (a) reduce the number and (b) support the families of people reported as missing for more than three months; and when he expects to bring forward legislative proposals on the proposed guardianship bill.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The government is currently reviewing the Missing Children and Adults strategy, originally published in 2011. We are engaging with a wide range of stakeholders, including the charity Missing People, to update the guidance given in relation to all cases of children and adults going missing. The refreshed strategy will be published later this year and will include measures relating to preventing people going missing and improving the responses by all agencies to the families of long-term missing persons. We will introduce legislation to create a new legal status of guardian of the property and affairs of a missing person as soon as parliamentary time permits.
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will bring forward proposals for legislation to establish guardianship provisions to assist families in managing the affairs of missing persons.
Answered by Dominic Raab
I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for York Outer on 15 June 2015, which can be found at http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-08/1400/.