The number of estates referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in each financial year since 2012 is:<\/p>
<\/p>
2012/13<\/p><\/td> | 1794<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2013/14<\/p><\/td> | 2027<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2014/15<\/p><\/td> | 1855<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2015/16<\/p><\/td> | 1914<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2016/17<\/p><\/td> | 1639<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2017/18<\/p><\/td> | 1698<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2018/19<\/p><\/td> | 1455*<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> *to date<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-18T09:23:28.437Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Intestacy"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people that die without (a) known entitled relatives and (b) leaving a will were referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in each year since 2012.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1562", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Scarborough and Whitby"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Robert Goodwill"} ], "uin" : "219364"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1058909", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1058909/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Treasury Solicitor is appointed by Royal Warrant to administer the estates of persons domiciled in England & Wales who die without leaving a will or entitled relatives (known as \u2018bona vacantia\u2019) but this explicitly excludes the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster.<\/p> <\/p> The bona vacantia estates of persons domiciled in Cornwall and Lancaster are administered by Farrer & Co Solicitors on behalf of the Dukes of Cornwall and Lancaster and are referred directly to them.<\/p> <\/p> The Treasury Solicitor does not hold any information about the numbers of estates which are referred to Farrer & Co.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-18T09:24:46.623Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-02-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Duchy of Cornwall and Duchy of Lancaster: Intestacy"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people that die without (a) known entitled relatives and (b) leaving a will in the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall were referred to the law firm Farrer and Co. Solicitors in each year since 2012.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1562", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Scarborough and Whitby"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Robert Goodwill"} ], "uin" : "219365"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 2, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} } |