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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Law Commission plans to publish a response to its consultation on wills, which closed on 10 November 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Law Commission plans to publish a response to its consultation on wills, which closed on 10 November 2017.
The Law Commission remains committed to completing its work on wills, the timetable for which remains under review. The next step will be publication of its final report rather than a response to the consultation undertaken in 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people over the age of 70 that have not made a will.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people over the age of 70 that have not made a will.
The Secretary of State for Justice has made no estimate. Individuals are not required to notify any third party that they have made a will and there is no central record of whether individuals have left a valid will when they die.
The Government provides advice on making a will on the Gov.UK website – www.gov.uk/make-will.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the Law Commission to submit its report on wills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the Law Commission to submit its report on wills.
Under the 13th Programme of Law Reform, the Law Commission expected to complete its project on the law of wills in 2019. It is currently reviewing that timetable in the light of its wider programme of work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's Choice not Chance campaign in 2015, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of holding another such campaign to encourage more people to make a will.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's Choice not Chance campaign in 2015, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of holding another such campaign to encourage more people to make a will.
A will is an important document, enabling someone to make clear what their wishes are, after they die. About 40% of the adult population do not have a will. We have asked the Law Commission to look at Will making in the 21st century and will assess the merits of holding another campaign once we have received and considered the Law Commission's report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he plans to assess the effectiveness of the recent campaign to encourage people to make a will.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he plans to assess the effectiveness of the recent campaign to encourage people to make a will.
My Department has evaluated the Choice not Chance campaign which ran in England and Wales during March 2015 with the aim of promoting the use of wills, lasting powers of attorney and organ donation. We consider the campaign was successful in promoting the making of wills. We were unable to obtain figures for wills made during the campaign but the campaign page on gov.uk received 3,515 views and 19 campaign tweets resulted in 1,268 “click throughs” for more information. Further, the question of making a will is often considered at the same time as the question of making a lasting power of attorney. During the campaign 35,525 lasting powers were made (a 42% increase over the corresponding period in 2014) and 85,743 people accessed the online LPA tool (a 66% increase in average page views compared to the previous 6 months). A further success is that our campaign materials continue to be used by practitioners.
The law of succession in Northern Ireland is devolved.