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1223922

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wills: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making it a legal necessity to register wills similar to those requirements adopted by other countries.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	72809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>There is no statutory requirement for will registration, but is it possible to deposit a will with HM Courts and Tribunals Service, and commercial will registration services are available.</p><p>The imposition of a legal requirement to register wills may have a deterrent effect in terms of people making wills and lead to an increase in invalidated wills and contentious probate cases. The Law Commission analysed this issue in their 2017 consultation paper on the law of wills, and concluded that ‘the disadvantages of such a system would far outweigh its benefits’.</p><p>The Government has no plans to reform this area of law at present.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 17/07/2020 15:56:24 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1219879

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who are (a) clinically vulnerable, (b) clinically extremely vulnerable and (c) over-70 receive clear and targeted messages during the covid-19 outbreak to ensure that they (i) know which group they fall into and (ii) are well-informed about the Government guidance on shielding and social distancing for that group.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	67547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>The advice for people aged 70 and over, and those who are clinically vulnerable remains unchanged - to stay at home as much as possible, taking particular care to minimise contact with others. Government guidance is clear as to who falls into this group.</p><p>People who are clinically extremely vulnerable were placed on the shielding list and were advised by letter to stay at home until the end of June. This has now been reviewed, and advice to those who are shielding in two stages, to take effect from 6 July and 1 August. Support for those shielding will continue to the end of July so that people can plan for these changes.</p><p>This is all set out clearly in the Government guidance. If incidence does not rise this guidance will be updated on 1 August. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/staying-alert-and-safe-social-distancing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/staying-alert-and-safe-social-distancing</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 17/07/2020 11:34:17 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 35085 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1223920

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to investigate the reasons for delays people may experience when obtaining (a) letters from GPs and (b) other supporting evidence when bringing forward appeals against a decision made by her Department relating to social security benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	72807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>Appeals against social security benefit decisions are lodged with and administered by HMCTS and as such, DWP is unable to answer questions related to obtaining evidence for appeals.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/07/2020 12:07:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman