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registered interest false more like this
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Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Probate more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords remove filter
question text To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average time taken for His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to process probate applications. more like this
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Lord Blackwell more like this
uin HL6906 more like this
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is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2023-04-11more like thismore than 2023-04-11
answer text <p>Despite record level of receipts in 2022 the average length of time taken for a grant of probate following receipt of the documents required has been maintained at 6 weeks.</p><p>8.8% of Probate applications exceeded 16 weeks processing time following receipt of the documents required. Cases can be delayed where more information is needed from the applicant, an application to stop a case from an interested party is in place or where cases are complex.</p><p>HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand following an increased number of estates requiring probate and is further increasing resourcing to further bring down overall timeliness on digital and paper applications.</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants, up to December 2022, are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Bellamy more like this
grouped question UIN HL6907 more like this
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less than 2023-04-11T10:56:22.027Zmore like thismore than 2023-04-11T10:56:22.027Z
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label Biography information for Lord Bellamy more like this
tabling member
3550
label Biography information for Lord Blackwell more like this