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date	19/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Powers of Attorney
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average length of time taken to process an application for a Power of Attorney.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	154682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>As of 23/2/2021 the average time taken to process and dispatch a lasting power of attorney (LPA) was 57 days against the target of 40 days. The target includes a statutory four week waiting period. As a comparison, the October average came in at 61 days. The 40-day target was achieved in 2019/20.</p><p>The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has seen an increase in the time taken to process an LPA since COVID-19 began impacting the workplace.</p><p>LPAs are paper documents that require a physical staff presence in an office to process and register. The number of staff available to attend the office to carry out the physical activities is significantly reduced due to COVID-19 and the need to maintain a COVID secure office through social distancing. Measures were introduced to focus on enabling as much remote working as possible and increasing the number of staff hours available in the office through overtime payments and weekend working.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 01/03/2021 15:47:02 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

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date	24/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Thanet
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 reduce the waiting time between the commencement of a personal independence payment appeal and a decision for claimants in Thanet.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	109400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The volume of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals made to the tribunal has built up since it was introduced as a new benefit in 2013. As the number, and age, of appeals lodged increased so has the average waiting time.</p><p> </p><p>Any disparity in waiting times is monitored and investigated locally. In general waiting times can fluctuate temporarily and geographically, owing to a number of variable factors, including volumes of benefit decisions made locally, availability of medical/disability members, venue capacity, and the complexity of appeals</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has been working with the judiciary to identify initiatives to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal, including reviewing current listing practices. We are also in the process of recruiting over 350 judicial office holders to provide long term capacity in the tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 30/10/2017 17:24:50 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale