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answer › date of answer	2018-12-03
min answer › question first answered	2014-11-03T11:58:34.5403704Z
uin	196685

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1016275

registered interest

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28/11/2018

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Ministry of Justice

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Justice

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Justice

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Probate: Fees and Charges

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25259

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the increase in probate charges from April 2019 on the (a) personal finances of the bereaved and (b) potential changes in the level of use of probate services; and if he will make a statement.

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Gedling

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Vernon Coaker

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196685

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is ministerial correction

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03/12/2018

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The cost of the fee and reasonable expenses incurred by the executor are recoverable from the estate. Published HMRC data suggests that on average 25% of an estate’s assets are cash which suggests that these fees are affordable[1]. In exceptional cases where an executor cannot afford to pay the fee, there are safeguards in place, including the Lord Chancellor’s power to remit a fee. As stated in our published Impact Assessment, it is unlikely that demand will change in response to the planned fee changes.[1] Inheritance Tax Statistics, available here:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-statistics-table-124-assets-in-estates-by-range-of-net-estate-and-tax-due

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South East Cambridgeshire

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Lucy Frazer

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03/12/2018 18:08:40

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4517

	label	Biography information for Lucy Frazer

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89720

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South East Cambridgeshire

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Lucy Frazer

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4517

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360

	label	Biography information for Lord Coaker