Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) median and (b) mean times were for landlords to progress from a claim to possession of a property by a county court bailiff under the accelerated process for the most recent period for which figures are available (i) across England and (ii) by each court circuit.
The average time taken from issue to repossession (in weeks) in accelerated possession cases in the county court is provided in the table below.
| London | Midlands | North East | North West | South East | South West | England | |||||||
| Mean | Med | Mean | Med | Mean | Med | Mean | Med | Mean | Med | Mean | Med | Mean | Med |
2013 | 22.9 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 15.4 | 17.2 | 13.0 | 19.6 | 14.3 | 16.2 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 11.9 | 20.7 | 16.1 |
2014 | 24.5 | 18.0 | 19.6 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 12.9 | 20.0 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 13.1 | 16.6 | 12.1 | 21.8 | 16.3 |
2015 | 27.2 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 14.7 | 17.8 | 13.0 | 17.8 | 14.0 | 17.4 | 13.1 | 15.2 | 11.9 | 23.2 | 16.0 |
2016 | 29.6 | 19.3 | 18.0 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 12.6 | 18.8 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 13.1 | 16.3 | 12.1 | 24.0 | 16.4 |
2017 | 30.8 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 13.1 | 19.1 | 14.0 | 17.5 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 12.1 | 24.4 | 17.0 |