Her Majesty\u2019s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) internal management information (which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics) has been used to show average times from receipt of an application to a grant being issued in February 2020.<\/p>
Measure <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Average Weeks to issued <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Median to issue <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Submission to issue for all grants issued in the month (including those stopped for queries or missing documentation)<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> From submission to issue for grants issued in the month that were not stopped.<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> These figures include applications made via the online service and use the receipt date of the digital application for recording the time of issue, rather than the time the necessary supporting documentation is sent to HMCTS in order to start processing the application. The data has been extracted from the HMCTS Reform Core Case Data system, which is a new system in active development, and may not be directly comparable with figures for earlier periods.<\/p> Probate users can telephone the national Courts and Tribunal Service Centres with queries relating to Probate applications. In the month of February 2020, calls were answered within 3 minutes on average.<\/p> Official statistics are not held or published on the average length of time to grant probate after the filing of an inheritance tax form.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how long, on average, it takes to gain grant of probate following an application for probate.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1185117/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Her Majesty\u2019s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) internal management information (which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics) has been used to show average times from receipt of an application to a grant being issued in February 2020.<\/p> Measure <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Average Weeks to issued <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Median to issue <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Submission to issue for all grants issued in the month (including those stopped for queries or missing documentation)<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> From submission to issue for grants issued in the month that were not stopped.<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> These figures include applications made via the online service and use the receipt date of the digital application for recording the time of issue, rather than the time the necessary supporting documentation is sent to HMCTS in order to start processing the application. The data has been extracted from the HMCTS Reform Core Case Data system, which is a new system in active development, and may not be directly comparable with figures for earlier periods.<\/p> Probate users can telephone the national Courts and Tribunal Service Centres with queries relating to Probate applications. In the month of February 2020, calls were answered within 3 minutes on average.<\/p> Official statistics are not held or published on the average length of time to grant probate after the filing of an inheritance tax form.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government whether people can telephone a probate registry to find out how their application is progressing; and what is the average length of time for such telephone calls to be answered.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1185120", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1185120/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Her Majesty\u2019s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) internal management information (which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics) has been used to show average times from receipt of an application to a grant being issued in February 2020.<\/p> Measure <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Average Weeks to issued <\/strong><\/p><\/td> Median to issue <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Submission to issue for all grants issued in the month (including those stopped for queries or missing documentation)<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> From submission to issue for grants issued in the month that were not stopped.<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> These figures include applications made via the online service and use the receipt date of the digital application for recording the time of issue, rather than the time the necessary supporting documentation is sent to HMCTS in order to start processing the application. The data has been extracted from the HMCTS Reform Core Case Data system, which is a new system in active development, and may not be directly comparable with figures for earlier periods.<\/p> Probate users can telephone the national Courts and Tribunal Service Centres with queries relating to Probate applications. In the month of February 2020, calls were answered within 3 minutes on average.<\/p> Official statistics are not held or published on the average length of time to grant probate after the filing of an inheritance tax form.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4538", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how long, on average, it takes to be granted probate after filing inheritance tax forms with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4301", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1185133", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1185133/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Governors do not have jurisdiction over the estate that a transgender individual is housed within. Rather, Complex Case Boards (CCBs) assess cases of transfers of transgender individuals between the male and female estates. These are chaired by Prison Group Directors (PGDs), who hold the ultimate responsibility for decisions. They are aided by experts and staff who have expertise on transgender identity and/or on the individual in question.<\/p> All PGDs who chair such boards are specially trained\u2014in part using case studies, and many also have direct experience of cases. Additionally, there are core members of the CCB process who are invited to all CCBs and have experience of previous cases they have been involved with.<\/p> If a transgender female must legally be housed in the female estate, but a CCB deems their risk too high to be managed safely within the general population, HMPPS have alternative provision to enable this \u2013 namely through location on HMP Downview E Wing.<\/p> The \u2018Care and management of individuals who are transgender\u2019 Policy Framework was published on gov.uk within the Prison & Probation Policy Frameworks collection. Operational guidance was also published to accompany the Policy Framework which is available to all Governors and staff, to help them care for and manage transgender individuals. Additionally, E Learning on how best to care for and manage transgender individuals is also available to all Governors and staff.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 13 March (HL2223), what guidance is given to prison governors on how to assess the balance between the rights of transgender individuals in custody and those of others in custody around them, as referred to in the Ministry of Justice Policy Framework on The care and management of individuals who are transgender; what examples are provided to illustrate this guidance; and how this guidance enables prison governors to assess the appropriate balance between the risk to inmates of a women's prison from being housed with a biologically male transgender prisoner who has a history of sexual offending and the risk of serious harm to the transgender prisoner if they were housed in a men's prison.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1879", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Lucas"}
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], "uin" : "HL2635"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1185135", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1185135/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, courts are required to consider making a compensation order in cases involving personal injury, loss or damage, and to give reasons where no such order is made. There are no current plans to amend the court\u2019s powers in respect of compensation orders.<\/p> Sentencing in individual cases is entirely a matter for the independent courts taking into account the circumstances of the case.<\/p> The Ministry of Justice has published information on convictions and sentencing up to December 2018, which is available in the \u2018Outcomes by Offence data tool\u2019, available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx<\/p> Information on the sentencing considerations for individual cases is not held centrally and would require a manual search of court records which would be of disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 13 March (HL2225), what is their policy on limiting the discretion of courts to refuse to make a compensation order on the basis of the behaviour of the victim; and what information they hold on the percentage of cases in which compensation was refused for such reasons in the last year for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1185173", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1185173/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Ministry of Justice is currently reviewing the implementation of reforms, contained in the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and introduced in 2014, which govern how enforcement agents (bailiffs) enforce debt. We held a call for evidence to inform our review, which ran from November 2018 to February 2019.<\/p> In a Written Ministerial Statement made on 22 July 2019, the Department set out its initial response to the call for evidence. We said that we would consider further how regulation of the sector might be strengthened, but we are clear that any further regulation must be effective, proportionate and sustainable.<\/p> We will respond in full to the call for evidence in due course.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4481", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alex Chalk"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the regulation of enforcement agents by an independent body.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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