Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in probate offices in March (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.
The information requested as to the number of full time equivalent staff employed in probate offices can be found in the table below.
Probate FTE broken down per site between 2018-2020 1, 2
Probate | Dec.18 | Mar.19 | Mar.20 |
Courts and Tribunal Service Centre (Birmingham) | 0 | 18 | 91 |
Birmingham Registry | 10 | 7 | 0 |
Oxford Registry | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Manchester Registry | 16 | 15 | 15 |
London Registry | 13 | 12 | 13 |
Cardiff Registry | 18 | 18 | 13 |
Leeds Registry | 10 | 11 | 4 |
Liverpool Registry | 13 | 13 | 8 |
Newcastle Registry | 20 | 21 | 22 |
Winchester Registry | 12 | 12 | 9 |
Brighton Registry | 14 | 10 | 10 |
Ipswich Registry | 8 | 5 | 6 |
Bristol Registry | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Registrars | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Total | 156 | 164 | 215 |
Source: CTSC and NBC workforce management resourcing data |
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1) NBC resourcing plans did not break down per registry prior to December 2018. Table is reflective of when the data was broken down with no material change to the total FTE from March 2018 (153 FTE) - December 2018 156 FTE).
2) CTSC data only available from go live in 2019.