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Mr. Sheerman
To ask the Attorney-General what is the average period of time that it takes for the Land Registry to register fully a change in title.
The Attorney-General
The average period of time that it currently takes the Land Registry to register a change in title is six weeks. A much faster service is provided where the application is urgent.
Mr. Sheerman
To ask the Attorney-General what proposals he has for improving the speed and efficiency of the Land Registry.
The Attorney-General
Following its establishment as an executive agency the Land Registry published performance targets agreed with the Lord Chancellor and covering the three years 1991–1994. Those targets included the following improvements in productivity and speed of services:
| 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | |
| Productivity | |||
| Progressive reduction in unit costs | Target: to achieve or better a 6 per cent, improvement over the three-year period. | ||
| Progressive increase in output per post per year | |||
| Quality of Service | |||
| Speed | |||
| Percentage of pre-completion applications handled in four days | 91 | 91·5 | 92 |
| Average handling time for post-completion applications (weeks) | 7 | 6 | 5 |