Small Claims

(asked on 25th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average turnaround time was between receipt of a claim form by the County Court Money Claims Centre and that form being returned to the issuing solicitors in (a) October 2016, (b) September 2016 and (c) the 6 months to September 2016.


Answered by
Oliver Heald Portrait
Oliver Heald
This question was answered on 5th December 2016

Confirmation of claims are automatically issued, or to the issuing solicitor if they have asked to issue the claim themselves within the average timescales below.

The average turnaround times between receipt of a claim form by the County Court Money Claims Centre and confirmation to the claimant were:

Elapsed time between claim being received at the County Court Money Claims Centre and a claim confirmation being issued to the claimant.

Average working days

Claims issued during October 2016

6.8

Claims issued during September 2016

5.6

Claims issued during April 2016-Sept. 2016

5.8

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