§ Miss Quennellasked the Attorney-General if he will give a breakdown of the professionally qualified, full-time staff of the Public Trustee, and the number of full- and part-time clerical and non-professional staff at the latest convenient date.
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§ The Attorney-GeneralParticulars as at 1st May, 1969, are as follows:
- 1. Professionally qualified full-time staff:
- (a) Legal
- 1 Public Trustee.
- 1 Assistant Public Trustee.
- 2 Assistant Solicitors.
- 20 Senior Legal Assistants.
- 9 Legal Assistants.
- (b) Surveyors
- 1 Chief Property Adviser.
- 2 Senior Property Advisers.
- 2. Clerical and non-professional staff:
- (a) 475 Full-time.
- (b) 20 Part-time.
§ Miss Quennellasked the Attorney-General, how many estates have been handled by the Public Trustee during the years 1967–68 and 1968–69; and if he will tabulate them by value to the nearest £5,000, stating the number in each category.
§ The Attorney-GeneralOn 31st March, 1967, 13,134 trusts and estates were under the Public Trustee's administration. By 31st March, 1969, 1,455 of these had been entirely distributed, 336 new trusts had been accepted and 557 estates accepted for administration under Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration, making a total of 12,572 trusts and estates then under his administration. The following table gives such particulars as are available of the size of the 557 estates accepted during the period:
1967–68 1968–69 Under £5,000 135 148 £5,000—£10,000 55 61 £10,000—£20,000 38 42 £20,000—£25,000 9 8 £25,000—£50,000 16 17 £50,000—£75,000 3 6 £75,000—£100,000 9 2 Over £100,000 4 4 269 288 Information of the values of other trusts and estates administered by the Public Trustee during the period could only be given after special valuations in each case and I regret could only be made available at a disproportionate expenditure of time and money.