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1132395

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	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 the average length of time for probate to be granted in the last (a) three months and (b) financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	uin	265484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Official statistics are not published on the average length of time from receipt of the application to the issue of a grant of probate. Internal management information, which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics, however shows that in the last financial year (2018/2019) the average time was three weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst timeliness data are not yet available for the last three months, it is clear that waiting times have increased. Urgent action has been taken to address these temporary delays, staffing has been increased and the digital service further improved, and as a result waiting times are starting to reduce.</p><p> </p><p>There are no prescribed target times for dealing with probate applications. The recent increase in waiting times has been caused by a combination of an increased volume of incoming work and the transition to a new case management IT system. The move to the new system meant that staff had to spend time being trained and familiarising themselves with the system – which also had some initial performance issues that have been addressed.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/07/2019 15:38:49 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

1037935

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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 average cost of administering probate for an estate valued at (a) £5,000 (b) £50,0000 and (c) £2 million; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	206229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Whilst current probate fees are determined based on an assessment of unit costing at a service level, the Ministry of Justice has not made any assessment specifically on the costs to HMCTS of administering an application for probate for estates of £5,000, £50,000 or £2 million.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/01/2019 14:27:10 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

980117

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the efficiency of the probate processing by HMRC.
	tabling member printed	Lord Birt
	uin	HL10386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for processing Inheritance Tax accounts, required before probate can be applied for. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has recently commissioned the Office of Tax Simplification to look at ways in which the overall process can be simplified.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/10/2018 12:33:35 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

810121

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	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, how many applications for grant of probate have been made in each of the last five years for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	120587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The information below provides details of the number of grants of probate issued by the Probate service in each of the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total Number applications received</p></td><td><p>Total issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>254599</p></td><td><p>244977</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>272111</p></td><td><p>255502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>254602</p></td><td><p>247040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>285135</p></td><td><p>245870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>261251</p></td><td><p>262233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 ( to end Nov)</p></td><td><p>278428</p></td><td><p>248816</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since January 2015 the Information contained in the response in regards to number of applications for a grant that have issued is in the public domain and is published in the quarterly Family Court statistics.</p><p>Link to this information below:</p><p><strong><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics</a></em></strong></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 120588 question first answered 08/01/2018 17:30:01 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

810122

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	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, how many grants of probate have been issued in each of the last five years for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	120588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The information below provides details of the number of grants of probate issued by the Probate service in each of the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total Number applications received</p></td><td><p>Total issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>254599</p></td><td><p>244977</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>272111</p></td><td><p>255502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>254602</p></td><td><p>247040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>285135</p></td><td><p>245870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>261251</p></td><td><p>262233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 ( to end Nov)</p></td><td><p>278428</p></td><td><p>248816</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since January 2015 the Information contained in the response in regards to number of applications for a grant that have issued is in the public domain and is published in the quarterly Family Court statistics.</p><p>Link to this information below:</p><p><strong><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics</a></em></strong></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 120587 question first answered 08/01/2018 17:30:01 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

810123

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	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, by what criteria his Department measures the efficiency of the operation of the Probate Registry.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	120589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The efficiency of the operation of the Probate Service is measured by monitoring cost in relation to volume of work and by measuring performance against the two official key performance indicators (KPIs) for the service.</p><p> </p><p>Information showing performance against the Probate Service KPIs is available at <em>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics</em></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/01/2018 15:05:24 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

810126

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	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, for what reason his Department does not monitor the length of time taken to process applications by the Probate Registry as a measure of that Registry's efficiency.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	120592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) does measure the length of time taken to process applications by the Probate Registry, from receipt of the application to issue of the application, as detailed in the answer to PQ 119252. HMCTS does not however, measure the length of time from issue of the application to the grant of probate.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/01/2018 17:51:13 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

806043

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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 was between receipt of an application for grant of probate and the the grant being made in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	119252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 18/12/2017 16:24:50 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

573816

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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 safeguards her Department is providing to enable applications to be filed for Grants of Probate in respect of Estates which do not have sufficient liquid funds to pay fees to Probate Registries.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	44514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>We are carefully considering the responses to our earlier consultation on this issue, and will set out further plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 44515 44516 question first answered 07/09/2016 16:22:41 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

573817

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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 the recent proposals to allow Probate Registries to collect fees will reflect the actual cost of administration of the Probate Registries; and whether her Department plans that those fees will more accurately reflect the amount of time expended by staff in the Probate Registries.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	44515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>We are carefully considering the responses to our earlier consultation on this issue, and will set out further plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 44514 44516 question first answered 07/09/2016 16:22:41 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd