Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme, if he will publish data on the (a) number of housing possession proceedings issued, (b) size of the listing backlog and (c) number of possession hearings that have taken place.

This answer is in relation to all possession proceedings in England and Wales and not limited to those with Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme (HPCDS) involvement, which provides on-the-day emergency advice and advocacy to anyone facing possession proceedings on the day of their hearing.

a) The requested data is published quarterly and can be found here - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics

b) The requested information is not held.

c) The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost, however the above link also provides statistics on the number of orders made following a hearing in possession proceedings.