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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 January 2021 to March 2021 and
is published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly (Table 25):</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2021"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2021</a></p><p>Average
time to grant issue for grants of Probate, England and Wales, quarterly Q3 2019 –
Q1 2021<sup>1,2,3,6</sup></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Probate
- All</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Application submission to grant
issue</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>2019</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>9.5</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p>54,388</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>5.6</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>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>6.3</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><td><p>60,221</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>4.9</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>54,469</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p>57,620</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="8"><p><strong>Probate - Digital</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Application
submission to grant issue</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>2019</p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><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>2019</p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><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>2020</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><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>2020</p></td><td><p>Q2</p></td><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>2020</p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><td><p>21,592</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>2020</p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p>21,879</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><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p>35,996</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="8"><p><strong>Probate - Paper</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Application
submission to grant issue</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>2019</p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><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>2019</p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p>43,328</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>2020</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><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>2020</p></td><td><p>Q2</p></td><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>2020</p></td><td><p>Q3</p></td><td><p>38,629</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>2020</p></td><td><p>Q4</p></td><td><p>32,590</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><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p>21,624</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source:
HMCTS Core Case Data</strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>4) Document receipt occurs after payment has
been made and all accompanying paperwork has been received by HMCTS. As such, it does
not reflect the entire case journey from when an application is submitted by the user
to when a grant is received. Instead these figures reflect the timeliness from when
HMCTS staff are able to start working on the case. The aspects not included in these
timeliness measures include (but are not limited to); time taken to scan and upload
documents to the management system (for paper items), and check that these items are
of good enough quality to proceed. For the timeliness figures for stopped cases, the
figures will further exclude time taken to resolve those issues mentioned in footnote
6 below</p><p>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</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 June 2021 for grants of probate as well as
letters of administration with/without a Will annexed and reseals. This shows that
the waiting time on digital grant of probate applications, which are not stopped due
to errors or missing documentation, is between two and three weeks for June 2021 where
paper cases, not stopped, took around five weeks in June 2021.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-management-information-june-2021"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-management-information-june-2021</a></p>
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