Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

If he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the performance of HM Courts and Tribunals Service's probate service in the last 12 months.

Tabled: 22 March 2023Answered: 28 March 2023

Asked by

Priti Patel

ConservativeWitham

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Shabana Mahmood)

The Government are taking action to support victims of domestic abuse and violence. We are ensuring stronger management of domestic abuse perpetrators through new domestic abuse protection orders and the increased multi-agency management of domestic abusers; that is being expanded to those convicted of coercive and controlling behaviour. In response to the sentencing review published last week, I committed to further protections for victims, including the roll-out of domestic abuse specialist courts and better identification of domestic abuse perpetrators.