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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

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

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

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

1666337

registered interest
date	20/10/2023
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 his Department is taking to help reduce delays relating to probate claims.
tabling member constituency	West Dorset
tabling member printed	Chris Loder
uin	203703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/10/2023 10:55:31 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4751 label Biography information for Chris Loder

1663829

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 197320 on Probate: Applications, how many and what proportion of probate applications took longer than 16 weeks to be processed in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	201682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The proportion of cases taking longer than 16 weeks to be processed is 33% for the period of April to June 2023, which has reduced from 37% for the period from January to March 2023.</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 June 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. Whilst HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand the training and upskilling of those new and existing staff has led to applications taking longer in the short term.</p><p> </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 23/10/2023 16:27:50 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1664642

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of rates of processing probate applications by HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	202495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 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. Whilst HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand the training and upskilling of those new and existing staff has led to applications taking longer in the short term.</p><p> </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> </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 23/10/2023 16:16:27 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1657467

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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 the average waiting time was to process a probate application in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the average waiting time.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Ashley Dalton
uin	197320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The probate service received record levels of applications during 2022 and this has continued to grow with significantly higher levels of receipts during January to March 2023. Whilst HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand the training and upskilling of those new and existing staff has led to applications taking longer in the short term.</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 9 weeks during January to March 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 March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/09/2023 14:47:38 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4981 label Biography information for Ashley Dalton

1656744

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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 the average processing time was for probate applications by the Court and Tribunals Service for each quarter in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and the first and second quarter in (e) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	197147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Average waiting times for probate grants, by calendar year and quarter, are available in table 24 of the Family Court Statistics Quarterly which is published on gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2023</a>.</p><p>The probate service received record levels of applications during 2022 and this has continued to grow with significantly higher levels of receipts during January to March 2023. Whilst HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand, the training and upskilling of those new and existing staff has led to applications taking longer in the short term.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/09/2023 14:46:29 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson