Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to notify all those entitled to refunds for overcharged deputyship fees in advance of closing the refund scheme in October 2022.

Information about the deputyship refund scheme is currently available on Gov.UK. Although this information will be removed in October 2022, the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) will still accept applications after this date.

Eligible customers who were still receiving supervision received their refund automatically from OPG.

It is not OPGs intention to contact customers who are no longer under supervision, as in most cases such customers are likely to have died or changed address, in which case it is for the executors or representatives of the estate to apply for a refund. OPG ran an awareness campaign to encourage customers no longer under supervision to apply for a refund.