Question reference: S6W-15518
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 9 March 2023
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 March 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the average response time has been for the Office of the Public Guardian to process (a) Electronic Power of Attorney Registration (EPOAR) submissions and (b) postal power of attorney requests in each financial year from 2018-19 to 2022-23.
Answer
The information below has been provided by the Office of the Public Guardian (Scotland) (OPG). Full-year information is not yet available for 2022-23. The average response time for the OPG to process powers of attorney, online via Electronic Power of Attorney Registrations (EPOAR) and by post, in business days (excluding those expedited where special urgency was indicated) is as follows:
Year | Business Days | |
EPOAR | Postal | |
2018-19 | 30 | 39 |
2019-20 | 36 | 43 |
2020-21 | 150 | 154 |
2021-22 | 123 | 135 |