1. Introduction

The Mortgage and Landlord Possession Statistics bulletin presents key statistics on possession statistics activity in the county courts of England and Wales with accompanying commentary and data. The bulletin provides a summary overview of the volume of cases dealt with by these courts over time, with statistics also broken down for the main types of case involved.

The publication can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics

As part of our wider work on improving data visualisation and accessibility, we have developed a data visualisation tool which sits on top of the data underlying the publication and its associated csv files - the tool provides users with the capability to:

• interrogate the published information easily at a lower level of detail, e.g. by local authority; and

• access and produce a range of charts specific to their user requirements.

2. The data visualisation tool

The tool can be found here:

https://mlp-app.apps.live.cloud-platform.service.justice.gov.uk/

3. Guide to the tool

The tool displays the latest published statistics on possession actions by county courts and repossessions by county court bailiffs in England and Wales.

It allows users to investigate aspects of Mortgage and Landlord possession actions, such as:

• Workload in the county courts of England and Wales by possession type and possession action

The tool also allows data to be interrogated at a lower level than is presented within the publication e.g.

• Regional breakdown of figures for possession type/action.
• Local Authority breakdown of figures for possession type/action.
• Court breakdown of figures for possession type/action.

To help understand the terminology, a glossary is available alongside a notes and context page which provides extra information, accessible all areas of the tool.

Data

The data within the tool are sourced from the accompanying csv files published alongside Mortgage and Landlord Possession Statistics Quarterly (see link above), with the exception of the geolocation data for courts and local authority household projections, which are publicly available (see section 5).

How to use the tool

The tool allows you to explore and focus down on the available data in a dynamic way. To do this, each page has a set of filters on the right hand side. The exact filters vary from page to page, but some examples are:

• Possession Type (Mortgage or Landlord, and the sub-set of Social, Private and Accelerated landlord actions)
• Possession Action: filter by possession actions, i.e. Claims, Orders (outright or suspended), Warrants, or Repossession by County Court bailiff
• Date range: allows you to choose a range of quarters for which you want to see the data
• Geographical area: England and Wales, Regional, or Local Authority

Each table and chart is set up to allow you to either hover, select, filter or highlight relevant data. Descriptions of how to interact with the chart are provided in the chart title.

To navigate around the tool, choose the tabs at the top of the screen.

4. How to send us your feedback

We welcome any comments you have about the data visualisation tool, including your views on how the tool can be improved, e.g. are there better ways of presenting the information or certain aspects of it?

Enquiries and feedback should be directed to Civil and Administrative Justice Statistics using the details below:

Email: CAJS@justice.gov.uk

or

Rita Kumi-Ampofo, Head of Civil, Family and Administrative Statistics Access to Justice Statistics, Data and Evidence as a Service