Court of Protection
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce delays in processing times for Deputyship applications by the Court of Protection.
Answered by Sarah Sackman
HM Courts & Tribunals Service is focused on increasing outputs to reduce the overall timeliness on all types of applications and to reduce delays in processing times. HMCTS has implemented a number of different measures which includes a targeted action plan to increase resources to meet the higher demand and the training and upskilling of new staff. HMCTS has also implemented new digital ways of working together with a new case management system which will support the reduction in overall end to end processing times.
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