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<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>
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