Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What steps she has taken to help ensure prompt payment of access to work costs during the covid-19 outbreak.”
Tabled: 4 May 2020Answered: 11 May 2020
Asked by
Karin Smyth
Labour — Bristol South
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Sarah Sackman)
Applications for deputyship to the Court of Protection play a vital role when people need to be able to make decisions for loved ones who lack capacity. It is important to support those people through prompt and efficient processes. His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service has been implementing an improvement plan, driving down waiting times by recruiting more staff, enhancing judicial capacity, digitising application forms, and implementing a new case management system.