HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
(asked on 15th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many orders to obtain a transcript of (a) court and (b) tribunal proceedings were made to HM Courts and Tribunals in the last 12 months.
HMCTS does not retain data on the number of applications made to either the Court or Tribunal to obtain a transcript. HMCTS contracts with suppliers to provide transcripts and they hold data on orders that they receive. The following number of orders were received by suppliers in the 12 month period Sept 2022 to Aug 2023:
a) Court – 42,099
b) Tribunal - 278
The average cost of obtaining a transcript in each of the last three years is:
| Family | Crown | Tribunal |
Sept 2020- Aug 2021 | £220.85 | £100.56 | £240.54 |
Sept 2021- Aug 2022 | £225.06 | £105.17 | £204.55 |
Sept 2022- Aug 2023 | £205.33 | £96.11 | £212.45 |