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1692443

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken is from submission of application to granting of probate in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	16212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>HMCTS is focused on increasing outputs to reduce overall timeliness on all types of applications, and the average mean length of time taken for a grant of probate, from submission, is 12.6 weeks in the last 12 months (October 2022 to September 2023) and following receipt of the documents required, is 10.8 weeks. The probate service received record levels of applications during 2022 and this has continued to grow, with higher levels of receipts during January to September 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has increased staffing levels, streamlined internal processes and continued to invest in further improving the digital service.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, the number of grants issued for recent months has been at record levels, with around 16,000 more grants issued than applications received during the last four months (September to December 2023), using more recent management information published by HMCTS (which does not go through the same level of quality assurance and analysis as the Family Court Statistics Quarterly).</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants are routinely published on GOV.UK via Family Court Statistics Quarterly, and currently cover the period up to September 2023: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 16213 question first answered 07/03/2024 14:20:58 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1692444

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for the granting of probate.
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	16213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>HMCTS is focused on increasing outputs to reduce overall timeliness on all types of applications, and the average mean length of time taken for a grant of probate, from submission, is 12.6 weeks in the last 12 months (October 2022 to September 2023) and following receipt of the documents required, is 10.8 weeks. The probate service received record levels of applications during 2022 and this has continued to grow, with higher levels of receipts during January to September 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has increased staffing levels, streamlined internal processes and continued to invest in further improving the digital service.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, the number of grants issued for recent months has been at record levels, with around 16,000 more grants issued than applications received during the last four months (September to December 2023), using more recent management information published by HMCTS (which does not go through the same level of quality assurance and analysis as the Family Court Statistics Quarterly).</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants are routinely published on GOV.UK via Family Court Statistics Quarterly, and currently cover the period up to September 2023: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-court-statistics-quarterly</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 16212 question first answered 07/03/2024 14:20:58 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1691149

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of when the processing time of probate applications will be reduced to less than 16 weeks.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	15367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>HMCTS are focused on increasing outputs to reduce overall timeliness on all types of applications and the average mean length of time taken for a grant of probate, following receipt of the documents required, is 13 weeks during July to September 2023.</p><p> </p><p>During the same period the average mean length of time take for a grant of probate, following receipt of the documents required is (a) 10.1 weeks digital and (b) 21.8 weeks paper.</p><p> </p><p>The probate service received record levels of applications during 2022 and this has continued to grow with higher levels of receipts during January to September 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.</p><p>HMCTS has increased staffing levels, streamlined internal processes and continued to invest in further improving the digital service.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, the number of grants issued for recent months has been at record levels, with over 15,500 more grants issued than applications received during the last four months (September to December) using more recent management information published by HMCTS (which does not go through the same level of quality assurance and analysis as the Family Court Statistics Quarterly).</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly and currently cover the period up to September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 15368 question first answered 29/02/2024 16:48:02 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1691153

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the time taken to process (a) online and (b) paper probate applications.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	uin	15368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>HMCTS are focused on increasing outputs to reduce overall timeliness on all types of applications and the average mean length of time taken for a grant of probate, following receipt of the documents required, is 13 weeks during July to September 2023.</p><p> </p><p>During the same period the average mean length of time take for a grant of probate, following receipt of the documents required is (a) 10.1 weeks digital and (b) 21.8 weeks paper.</p><p> </p><p>The probate service received record levels of applications during 2022 and this has continued to grow with higher levels of receipts during January to September 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.</p><p>HMCTS has increased staffing levels, streamlined internal processes and continued to invest in further improving the digital service.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, the number of grants issued for recent months has been at record levels, with over 15,500 more grants issued than applications received during the last four months (September to December) using more recent management information published by HMCTS (which does not go through the same level of quality assurance and analysis as the Family Court Statistics Quarterly).</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly and currently cover the period up to September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 15367 question first answered 29/02/2024 16:48:02 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1691186

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy that original probate documents are permanently preserved.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	15248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has just undertaken a consultation on the storage and preservation of wills and other documents submitted in applications for probate. We will be publishing our response, setting out the outcome of the consultation, later this year.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 01/03/2024 12:10:36 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1688858

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that probate applications are processed within 16 weeks of being submitted, in line with the Government's target, following reports that at present some applicants are experiencing delays of up to a year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL2444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The probate service received record levels of applications during 2022 and this has continued to grow with higher levels of receipts during January to September 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.</p><p>HMCTS is focused on increasing outputs to reduce overall timeliness on all types of applications and the average mean length of time taken for a grant of probate, following receipt of the documents required, is 13 weeks during July to September 2023.</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly and currently cover the period up to September 2023.</p><p>HMCTS has increased staffing levels, streamlined internal processes and continued to invest in further improving the digital service.</p><p>As a result, the number of grants issued for recent months has been at record levels, with over 15,500 more grants issued than applications received during the last four months (September to December) using more recent management information published by HMCTS (which does not go through the same level of quality assurance and analysis as the Family Court Statistics Quarterly).</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 23/02/2024 13:11:06 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1686408

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for probate cases to be processed in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
	tabling member printed	Richard Foord
	uin	12472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The average mean length of time taken for a grant of probate, following receipt of the documents required, is:</p><p>a) 7.3 weeks in 2021-22</p><p>b) 7.8 weeks in 2022-23</p><p>c) 12.5 weeks during July to September 2023</p><p>The majority of grants issued (digital, non-stopped) in July to September were completed within 7 weeks on average. HMCTS is focused on reducing the time for all types of applications to bring down the overall average waiting times.</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly and currently cover the period up to September 2023.</p><p>HMCTS are aware of the impact that timeliness has on the financial well-being of recipients and has increased staffing levels, streamlined internal processes and continued to invest in further improving the digital service.</p><p>As a result, grant output for recent months has been at record levels, with over 12,000 more grants issued than applications received during the last three months (September to November) using more recent management information published by HMCTS (which does not go through the same level of quality assurance and analysis as the Family Court Statistics Quarterly).</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 12473 question first answered 08/02/2024 09:00:47 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4942 label Biography information for Richard Foord

1686409

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the impact of trends in average waiting times for processing probate applications on the financial well-being of recipients.
	tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
	tabling member printed	Richard Foord
	uin	12473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The average mean length of time taken for a grant of probate, following receipt of the documents required, is:</p><p>a) 7.3 weeks in 2021-22</p><p>b) 7.8 weeks in 2022-23</p><p>c) 12.5 weeks during July to September 2023</p><p>The majority of grants issued (digital, non-stopped) in July to September were completed within 7 weeks on average. HMCTS is focused on reducing the time for all types of applications to bring down the overall average waiting times.</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly and currently cover the period up to September 2023.</p><p>HMCTS are aware of the impact that timeliness has on the financial well-being of recipients and has increased staffing levels, streamlined internal processes and continued to invest in further improving the digital service.</p><p>As a result, grant output for recent months has been at record levels, with over 12,000 more grants issued than applications received during the last three months (September to November) using more recent management information published by HMCTS (which does not go through the same level of quality assurance and analysis as the Family Court Statistics Quarterly).</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 12472 question first answered 08/02/2024 09:00:47 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4942 label Biography information for Richard Foord

1678088

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of HM Courts and Tribunals Service's (a) performance on probate issues and (b) speed at processing probate applications.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	7010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>The probate service received record levels of applications during 2022 and this has continued to grow with higher levels of receipts during January to June 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.</p><p>HMCTS has streamlined internal processes to cut down on administrative delay and reduce processing times. We are continuing to invest in improving digital systems and online filing capabilities so users can track progress more easily.</p><p>HMCTS has increased staffing levels in Probate over the past year to help process applications faster. The training and upskilling of those new and existing staff have led to applications taking longer in the short term.</p><p>HMCTS are focused on increasing outputs to reduce overall timeliness on all types of applications and the average mean length of time taken for a grant of probate, following receipt of the documents required, is 13 weeks during April to June 2023.</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly and currently cover the period up to June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 21/12/2023 14:16:12 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1670405

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce backlogs of probate applications.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	2209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The probate service received record levels of applications during 2022 and this has continued to grow with higher levels of receipts during January to June 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.</p><p>HMCTS has significantly increased staffing levels in Probate over the past year to help process applications faster. The training and upskilling of those new and existing staff have led to applications taking longer in the short term.</p><p>HMCTS has streamlined internal processes to cut down on administrative delay and reduce processing times. We are continuing to invest in improving digital systems and online filing capabilities so users can track progress more easily.</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly and currently cover the period up to June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 22/11/2023 13:54:44 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury