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Year
Department
Member
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Legislative stage
Legislation
Subject
Publisher
Type
Unprinted papers
Author
Treasury Solicitor's Department
Laid on
18 July 2006
Subjects
Administration of estates; Intestacy; Treasury Solicitor's Department
Commons Library location
UP 2001 2005-06
Date
18 July 2006
House
House of Commons
How many payments were made to individuals out of money received by the Government by way of bona vacantia in the financial year 2004–05. [66197]
How many payments were made to individuals out of money received by the Government by way of bona vacantia in the financial year 2004–05. [66197]
Asked by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answered by
Mike O'Brien
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
24 April 2006
For answer on
27 April 2006
Answered on
27 April 2006
There were 488 payments to individuals out of money received by way of bona vacantia in 2004–05.
Subjects
Intestacy
Date
27 April 2006
Reference
445 c708; 66197
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
There were 488 payments to individuals out of money received by way of bona vacantia in 2004–05.
There were 488 payments to individuals out of money received by way of bona vacantia in 2004–05.
Answered by
Mike O'Brien
(Labour)
Asked by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Oral answers to questions
How many payments were made to individuals out of money received by the Government by way of bona vacantia in the financial year 2004–05. [66197]
Subjects
Intestacy
Date
27 April 2006
Reference
445 c708
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Although the Treasury Solicitors administer bona vacantia, the policy in relation to it is a matter for the Department for Constitutional Affairs. The current arrangements for making discretionary payments are flexible and, by and large, seem to work relatively well. They were recently revised and updated, and are kept under constant review to make sure that they reflect changes in society and enable people to get what they are entitled to more easily. Of the 488 cases, 238 involved people claiming estates to which they were legally entitled, after the Treasury Solicitor had administered them. The decisions were not entirely discretionary. The rules are rather old, but by and large they work, because they have been updated over time.
Although the Treasury Solicitors administer bona vacantia, the policy in relation to it is a matter for the Department for Constitutional Affairs. The current arrangements for making discretionary payments are flexible and, by and large, seem to work relatively well. They were recently revised and updated, and are kept under constant review to make sure that they reflect changes in society and enable people to get what they are entitled to more easily. Of the 488 cases, 238 involved people claiming estates to which they were legally entitled, after the Treasury Solicitor had administered them. The decisions were not entirely discretionary. The rules are rather old, but by and large they work, because they have been updated over time.
Answered by
Mike O'Brien
(Labour)
Asked by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Oral answers to questions
Does my hon. and learned Friend agree that when the provision affects the property of individuals or limited companies, it applies like a tax at a rate of 100 per cent.? If individuals are affected adversely by its application—no doubt like those involved with the 488 payments he mentions—they have to beg a faceless official to give them relief. They rely on the official's discretion to get that relief. Is not the obscurity and opacity of the whole system summed up by the fact that the Latin name is still being used today? Would he like to be the Minister who modernises the system and makes it fair and predictable?
Subjects
Intestacy
Date
27 April 2006
Reference
445 c708-9
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Does my hon. and learned Friend agree that when the provision affects the property of individuals or limited companies, it applies like a tax at a rate of 100 per cent.? If individuals are affected adversely by its application—no doubt like those involved with the 488 payments he mentions—they have to beg a faceless official to give them relief. They rely on the official's discretion to get that relief. Is not the obscurity and opacity of the whole system summed up by the fact that the Latin name is still being used today? Would he like to be the Minister who modernises the system and makes it fair and predictable?
Does my hon. and learned Friend agree that when the provision affects the property of individuals or limited companies, it applies like a tax at a rate of 100 per cent.? If individuals are affected adversely by its application—no doubt like those involved with the 488 payments he mentions—they have to beg a faceless official to give them relief. They rely on the official's discretion to get that relief. Is not the obscurity and opacity of the whole system summed up by the fact that the Latin name is still being used today? Would he like to be the Minister who modernises the system and makes it fair and predictable?
Asked by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
27 April 2006
Although the Treasury Solicitors administer bona vacantia, the policy in relation to it is a matter for the Department for Constitutional Affairs. The current arrangements for making discretionary payments are flexible and, by and large, seem to work relatively well. They were recently revised and updated, and are kept under constant review to make sure that they reflect changes in society and enable people to get what they are entitled to more easily. Of the 488 cases, 238 involved people claiming estates to which they were legally entitled, after the Treasury Solicitor had administered them. The decisions were not entirely discretionary. The rules are rather old, but by and large they work, because they have been updated over time.
Subjects
Intestacy
Date
27 April 2006
Reference
445 c708-9
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask The Solicitor-General what the national targets are for the Bona Vacantia division; and what the performance of relevant offices in South Devon has been against those targets.
To ask The Solicitor-General what the national targets are for the Bona Vacantia division; and what the performance of relevant offices in South Devon has been against those targets.
Asked by
Adrian Sanders
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Mike O'Brien
(Labour)
Answering body
Solicitor General
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 November 2005
For answer on
1 December 2005
Answered on
6 December 2005
There are no national targets for the Bona Vacantia division for either receipts or volumes of new cases as it would be inappropriate to set targets in these areas. The Bona Vacantia division does not in general seek out bona vacantia assets relying instead on notification by others.Income and expenditure from bona vacantia is detailed in the Crown's nominee account, laid before Parliament each financial year. The Bona Vacantia division operates from the offices of the Treasury solicitor based in central London. There are no other Bona Vacantia offices located anywhere else in England and Wales.Information on the volume of cases as well as a suite of internal quality targets is kept by the division. These include responding to new cases within five working days, against which performance in the year to date is 94.3 per cent. and responding to complaints within 10 working days, against which performance this year is 100 per cent.. Apart from Northern Ireland there is no geographical breakdown of this information for England and Wales.
Subjects
Intestacy; Standards
Date
6 December 2005
Reference
440 c1105W;440 c1105W; 34031
House
House of Commons
Type
Unprinted papers
Author
Treasury Solicitor's Department
Laid on
18 July 2005
Subjects
Administration of estates; Intestacy; Treasury Solicitor's Department
Commons Library location
UP 311 2005-06
Date
18 July 2005
House
House of Commons