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<p>The most recently published information regarding combined waiting times for a
grant of probate, on paper and digital cases, covers September 2020 to December 2020
and is published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly (Table 26):</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2020"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2020</a></p><p>Average
time to grant issue for grants of Probate, England and Wales, quarterly Q2 2019 -
Q4 2020<sup>1,2,3</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td
colspan="6"><p><strong>Probate - All</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Application submission to grant issue</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Document receipt to grant issue<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Quarter</p></td><td><p>Grants
issued</p></td><td><p>Mean weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean
weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Q2<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2,019</p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><td><p>53,403</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2,019</p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p>54,389</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p>49,706</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Q2</p></td><td><p>45,493</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><td><p>60,225</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p>54,476</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="6"><p><strong>Probate - Digital</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Application submission to grant issue</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Document receipt to grant issue<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grants
issued</p></td><td><p>Mean weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean
weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7,166</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11,060</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10,784</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10,955</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21,591</p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21,875</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="6"><p><strong>Probate - Paper</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Application submission to grant issue</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>Document receipt to grant issue<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grants
issued</p></td><td><p>Mean weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean
weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td><td><p>:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>46,237</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>43,329</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>38,922</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>34,538</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>38,634</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>32,601</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: HMCTS
Core Case Data</p><p><em>Notes: </em></p><p><em>1) HMCTS Core Case Data came into
effect at the end of March 2019, following a transition between data systems recording
information regarding the Probate Service.</em></p><p><em>2) The average timeliness
figures are produced by calculating the time from application/document receipt (which
may be from an earlier period) to the grant issued made in that period. Currently
grants being issued on the same day as the application submission/document receipt
are being calculated as 0 days. This is being reviewed as to whether it is an accurate
reflection of workload and may be adjusted in future..</em></p><p><em>3) Some averages
presented here may be based on a small number of grants. Where this occurs, any conclusion
drawn from these will be limited..</em></p><p><em>4) Document receipt occurs after
payment has been made and all accompanying paperwork has been received by HMCTS.</em></p><p><em>5)
Due to quality issues in the transition between data systems, the breakdown by type
of grant has not been published for Q2 2019.</em></p><p><em>6) A probate application
can be stopped for several reasons: a caveat can be entered when there’s a dispute
about either who can apply for probate or issues with a will or proposed will, or
if an error is identified and a request for further information is made.</em></p><p>
</p><p>Despite the unprecedented challenges faced by the probate service during the
Covid 19 pandemic, the average waiting for a grant of probate following receipt of
the documents required has been maintained at between four to six weeks.</p><p>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)
provides waiting time information up to March 2021. This shows that the waiting time
on digital grant of probate applications, which are not stopped due to errors or missing
documentation, has been below one week since September 2020. Similarly paper cases,
not stopped, took less than three weeks on average in March 2021 compared to five
weeks in March 2020.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-management-information-march-2021"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-management-information-march-2021</a></p>
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