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(2) what the unit cost is of an applicant for a grant of representation attending an appointment with a member of staff of the Probate Service; and what the average number of interviews is which can be carried out per day.
[112618]
Mr Chope:
(2) what the unit cost is of an applicant for a grant of representation attending an appointment with a member of staff of the Probate Service; and what the average number of interviews is which can be carried out per day.
[112618]
Mr Chope:
The caller offices of the Probate Service in England and Wales are opened on an ad hoc basis when there is a full list of appointments to justify the opening. The standard list of appointments is between 50 and 60 for the days the offices are opened. However, where journey times for staff are lengthy and/or if the caller office is not available for a full day, some offices have full lists with fewer applications. Bolton, Oldham. Warrington, Wigan, Burnley and Swansea will list around 40; and Northampton 45.
The unit cost of an applicant attending an appointment with a member of staff of the Probate Service is not available and could be calculated only at disproportionate cost. The cost would be different for each caller office throughout England and Wales due to the different costs of among other things, staff, travel and accommodation.
The average number of appointments which can be carried out per day is location dependent and is between 45 and 50.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2012, Official Report, column 360W, on probate: Winchester, which probate caller offices in the UK have fewer than 50 personal applicants per day;
[112511]
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2012, Official Report, column 360W, on probate: Winchester, which probate caller offices in the UK have fewer than 50 personal applicants per day;
[112511]
The caller offices of the Probate Service in England and Wales are opened on an ad hoc basis when there is a full list of appointments to justify the opening. The standard list of appointments is between 50 and 60 for the days the offices are opened. However, where journey times for staff are lengthy and/or if the caller office is not available for a full day, some offices have full lists with fewer applications. Bolton, Oldham. Warrington, Wigan, Burnley and Swansea will list around 40; and Northampton 45.
The unit cost of an applicant attending an appointment with a member of staff of the Probate Service is not available and could be calculated only at disproportionate cost. The cost would be different for each caller office throughout England and Wales due to the different costs of among other things, staff, travel and accommodation.
The average number of appointments which can be carried out per day is location dependent and is between 45 and 50.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions the Bournemouth caller office of the Winchester District Probate Registry has been open in the last six months; and how many applications have been made to attend the office for a grant of representation before a member of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions the Bournemouth caller office of the Winchester District Probate Registry has been open in the last six months; and how many applications have been made to attend the office for a grant of representation before a member of...
The Bournemouth caller office has not been opened in the last six months.
A full list of appointments (50-60 applications) is required to justify on cost grounds the opening of a probate caller office. All applicants are therefore given an earlier appointment date at Winchester to avoid unnecessary delay in them receiving their grant. Applicants also have the option of swearing an oath, prepared by staff of the Probate Service, in front of a solicitor of their choice.
Over the last six months, 160 personal applicants (out of 3568) initially asked to attend the caller office at Bournemouth to swear the oath in support of their application. However, when they were informed the office would only be opened when a full list of appointments had been requested for Bournemouth, all but one applicant has been happy to take an earlier appointment at Winchester or swear their oath before a solicitor.