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Written question asked by Ben Spencer (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 December 2025 (named day). It was answered by Alex Davies-Jones (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 December 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Court of Protection

Question

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

Answer

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.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
98977
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Standards Court of protection
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk