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1550947

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of probate applications submitted in the last 12 months were processed and received a response within 30 working days.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	109690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>All applicants using the digital service receive confirmation of receipt at the point of submission and, if required, once we receive the original will or other supporting documents. In the last 12 months 56% (158,510) of all applications were either stopped or had their grant issued within 30 days of receipt of the documents needed to assess the case.</p><p>HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand following an increased number of estates requiring probate and is further increasing resourcing to further bring down overall timeliness on digital and paper applications.</p><p>The improvement of the online probate system remains a priority for HMCTS, to ensure more applications can be issued first time and resources can be focused on reducing waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 19/12/2022 15:54:26 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1523381

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Divorce: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to minimise the impact of divorce proceedings on children.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	66098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>In April of this year the Government implemented the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020. This landmark legislation reduces conflict between couples within the legal process for divorce or dissolution by removing the ‘fault’ element from the process, thereby reducing the impact of divorce on any children by assisting parents to focus on their children’s best interests.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson question first answered 21/10/2022 08:18:49 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1503541

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Presumption of Parental Involvement Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the conclusions of his Department's review of the presumption of parental involvement will be published.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	45222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>Work on the research underpinning the review of the presumption of parental involvement, which includes a literature review, a qualitative research project and a case file analysis, is underway and is due to be completed by the end of December 2022. The outcome of the review will be published in due course following the completion of the research.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 07/09/2022 10:59:13 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1489966

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Dispute Resolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to bring forward policy proposals in response to the Government's call for evidence on dispute resolution in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	38889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice published a Summary of Responses to the Call for Evidence on Dispute Resolution in England &amp; Wales in March this year. Policy proposals informed by these responses are under development and will be the subject of further public consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 21/07/2022 15:41:17 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1276365

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for grant of probate his Department has outstanding at the most recent date for which that information is available.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	137111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>Data showing the volume of applications for Grant of Probate that are outstanding includes both cases that have not yet been issued and also all cases which could not be processed by HMCTS, on initial receipt, due to missing or inaccurate information (cases which are ‘stopped’):</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Outstanding<sup>1</sup> Grant of Probate Application at 27 December 2020, England and Wales <sup>1,2, 3, 4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Probate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Volume of outstanding applications</p></td><td><p>Volume of stopped applications</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27-Dec-20</p></td><td><p>20,759</p></td><td><p>18,824</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>The number of grant applications submitted but not yet withdrawn or issued. Dormant Applications have been excluded.</li><li>Stopped cases are a subset of the volumes of cases and include cases with a status of 'Case stopped re-issue', 'Case Stopped', 'Stopped'.</li><li>Data and management information and may differ from previously published data. are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics. Data in line with published MI (14/1/2021).</li><li>Data has not been cross referenced with case files and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li></ol><p>The overall volume of outstanding cases has been steadily reducing in recent months.</p><p>The most recently published information regarding waiting times for a grant of probate covers July 2020 to September 2020 and is published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly (Table 26):</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Average time to grant issue for probate grants, England and Wales <sup>1,2, 3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Application submission to grant issue</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Document receipt to grant issue<sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td><td><p>Mean weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2020 to September 2020</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source HMCTS Core Case Data</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>HMCTS Core Case Data (CCD) came into effect at the end of March 2019, following a transition between data systems recording information regarding The Probate Service.</li><li>The average timeliness figures are produced by calculating the time from application/document receipt (which may be from an earlier period) to the grant issued made in that period.</li><li>Document receipt occurs after payment has been made and all accompanying paperwork has been received by HMCTS.</li></ol><p>In 2020 the level of applications being made increased and the service faced unprecedented challenges due to the impact of Covid 19.</p><p>Despite this, and as a result of HMCTS increasing resources to meet demand, the average length of time taken for a Grant of Probate to be issued improved quarter on quarter throughout the year.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 137112 question first answered 18/01/2021 15:35:53 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1276368

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average time has been taken by his Department to issue a grant of probate after receipt of an application in the most recent period for which that information is available.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	137112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>Data showing the volume of applications for Grant of Probate that are outstanding includes both cases that have not yet been issued and also all cases which could not be processed by HMCTS, on initial receipt, due to missing or inaccurate information (cases which are ‘stopped’):</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Outstanding<sup>1</sup> Grant of Probate Application at 27 December 2020, England and Wales <sup>1,2, 3, 4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Probate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Volume of outstanding applications</p></td><td><p>Volume of stopped applications</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27-Dec-20</p></td><td><p>20,759</p></td><td><p>18,824</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>The number of grant applications submitted but not yet withdrawn or issued. Dormant Applications have been excluded.</li><li>Stopped cases are a subset of the volumes of cases and include cases with a status of 'Case stopped re-issue', 'Case Stopped', 'Stopped'.</li><li>Data and management information and may differ from previously published data. are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics. Data in line with published MI (14/1/2021).</li><li>Data has not been cross referenced with case files and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li></ol><p>The overall volume of outstanding cases has been steadily reducing in recent months.</p><p>The most recently published information regarding waiting times for a grant of probate covers July 2020 to September 2020 and is published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly (Table 26):</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Average time to grant issue for probate grants, England and Wales <sup>1,2, 3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Application submission to grant issue</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Document receipt to grant issue<sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td><td><p>Mean weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2020 to September 2020</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source HMCTS Core Case Data</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>HMCTS Core Case Data (CCD) came into effect at the end of March 2019, following a transition between data systems recording information regarding The Probate Service.</li><li>The average timeliness figures are produced by calculating the time from application/document receipt (which may be from an earlier period) to the grant issued made in that period.</li><li>Document receipt occurs after payment has been made and all accompanying paperwork has been received by HMCTS.</li></ol><p>In 2020 the level of applications being made increased and the service faced unprecedented challenges due to the impact of Covid 19.</p><p>Despite this, and as a result of HMCTS increasing resources to meet demand, the average length of time taken for a Grant of Probate to be issued improved quarter on quarter throughout the year.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 137111 question first answered 18/01/2021 15:35:53 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1226578

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to include the recording of autism in the Prison Population Statistics.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	76555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is committed to supporting all vulnerable people who come into contact with the criminal justice system, including individuals with autism. We recognise the importance of meeting the needs of this cohort, are therefore taking steps to improve the collection and recording of data on disability.</p><p>This includes ongoing work by HM Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) to implement a new data categorisation list which aligns with that used by the World Health Organisation and the Government Statistical Service on the new Prison National Offender Management Information System (new-NOMIS). This will provide a better structured and more intuitively organised list of conditions, allowing more accurate recording of disabilities and health conditions, including Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. Improving this data will allow us to better understand and support the prison population and its individual needs, as well as enabling the identification of any disparity in outcomes. Once the categorisation has fully bedded into our systems and we have sufficient completion rates and data quality, we will aim to publish this within our annual Official Statistics report ‘Offender Equalities’.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/09/2020 09:49:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

226050

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review his Department's decision not to provide legal aid to petitioners appearing before the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Select Committee.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	226752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Decisions about legal aid funding in civil cases are a matter for the Director of Legal Aid Casework and his staff at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA), which is responsible for administering the legal aid scheme. Ministers cannot intervene in decisions made about the grant of funding in individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>The LAA refused an application for funding from the High Speed 2 Action Alliance (“HS2AA”) in relation to the Bill procedure, as it did not meet the statutory criteria to receive public funding in respect of either means or exceptional funding. A review of the refusal of the application was sought and the LAA has upheld its decision.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 16/03/2015 13:00:16 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan