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<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>
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