As Covid-19 disruption led to delays in the application process for Lasting Powers of Attorneys (LPAs), there was a significant drop in the number registered in the past year.
A Freedom of Information request submitted by Quilter to the Ministry of Justice, revealed there was a 30 percent drop in the number of LPAs registered between April 2020 and February 2021, compared to the same period the previous year.
In the most recent year there were 569,138, whereas 804,589 were re...