Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Probate Service in each of the last six months.
| Jan-19 | Feb-19 | Mar-19 | Apr-19 | May-19 | Jun-19 |
AGENCY STAFF RESOURCE | 29.4 | 27.4 | 26.4 | 26.4 | 26.4 | 26.4 |
FTE STAFF RESOURCE | 124.49 | 122.94 | 120.94 | 120.9 | 120.9 | 118 |
Further to these totals we have arrange additional help from HMCTS and other government departments, these are:
HMRC SURGE TEAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
BRADFORD DSCS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
HMCTS LEGAL ADVISERS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
ADDITIONAL HMCTS RESOURCE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
TOTALS (FTE) | 153.89 | 150.34 | 147.34 | 147.3 | 147.3 | 179.9 |
In addition to these we also now have 35 staff in the Courts and Tribunals Service Centre who are trained in probate.