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Small Claims

Question for Ministry of Justice

UIN 54902, tabled on 25 November 2016

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 on

5 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