Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to take steps to action the application for letters of administration under case reference 1656578944616 in respect of a death on 4 June 2022; and for what reason this application has not yet been actioned.

The Probate service contacted the applicant on the 28 February to clarify the extra information that was required to resolve the outstanding query.

Cases can be delayed where more information is needed from the applicant or where cases are complex. HMCTS has recruited, and is in the process of training, additional staff to reduce waiting times and is continually improving the digital service to reduce the number of applications which need to be queried.