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Written question asked by Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 May 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 June 2026 (named day). It was answered by Catherine Atkinson (Labour) on Monday, 1 June 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Court of Protection: Standards

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the waiting time for an application for deputyship to be seen at the Court of Protection.

Answer

The current published Court of Protection statistics available on application disposal times (application received to order made timeliness), application volumes and order volumes are all on the Court of Protection tables, now separated out from the Family Court tables: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2025.

In the last calendar year Jan-Dec 2025, for Property and Affairs Deputyship applications, the average mean time from receipt to final order is 23.9 weeks with the median time 15.6 weeks.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
3422
Session
2026-27
Subjects
Applications Standards Court of protection
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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