Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was for Probate to be granted, as of 19 July 2023.

As of 19 July 2023, the most up to date published official statistics relating to average waiting times for probate grants is for the period of January to March 2023. Average waiting times are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly and can be found at: Family Court Statistics Quarterly: January to March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

HMCTS are focused on reducing 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 9 weeks.