Personal Consumer Debt County Court Judgments in England and Wales, 2003-2005

England and Wales administrative data on County Court Judgments (CCJs) taken out against individuals for personal debts of £1 or more. The dataset includes the total amount of debt and the number of judgments, with breakdowns by amount, and is sourced from Registry Trust Ltd. It covers the years 2003 to 2005 and is published by the Office for National Statistics via Neighbourhood Statistics.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional trends in personal debt enforcement based on geographic breakdowns by MSOA, LAD, and GOR.
• Model correlations between debt judgment amounts and other socioeconomic indicators based on the provided debt amount breakdowns.
• Track changes in consumer debt levels over time based on the 2003-2005 time coverage.

Strengths

• Geographic breakdowns are provided at four levels: MSOA, Local Authority District, Government Office Region, and National.
• Covers a defined three-year time period from 2003 to 2005.
• Data is sourced from the authoritative Registry Trust Ltd (RTL).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Time coverage is limited to three historical years (2003-2005).

Provenance

Source

Registry Trust Ltd (RTL)

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

2003 to 2005

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:16.152087; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and Wales