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Court of Protection

Asked by Dr Ben SpencerConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 16 December 2025UIN 98977

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve timescales for cases in the Court of Protection.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones

HMCTS is working to increase overall system capacity to reduce processing times. Measures taken include a targeted action plan to allocate additional administrative resources in response to higher demand, as well as training and upskilling new staff. Additional judicial sitting days have been added to support performance improvement. HMCTS is also working on improvements to the new case management system, to help reduce overall end-to-end processing times.

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