Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 8
2nd Report - Transforming Courts and Tribunals: progress review
Published 5 Nov 2019
Addressed to HM Treasury
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
HMCTS recognised that it was well behind schedule to reduce the staff headcount by 5,000, having delivered only 91 reductions since 2017–18.18 It explained that it made a conscious decision to reduce the headcount after delivering changes rather than in anticipation of them. HMCTS has started to reduce headcount in areas where change has been delivered, such as divorce and probate. Given the lack of progress, we asked how HMCTS intends to deliver on the promised reductions by 2023 without damaging operations. HMCTS told us that its use of agency staff gives it the flexibility to deliver reductions more efficiently in the future, without compromising services.19 Consulting with users of the justice system
From: Public Accounts Committee, 2nd Report - Transforming Courts and Tribunals: progress review (HC 27), 5 November 2019
Government response
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