Intestacy

(asked on 11th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people that die without (a) known entitled relatives and (b) leaving a will were referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in each year since 2012.


Answered by
Robert Buckland Portrait
Robert Buckland
This question was answered on 18th February 2019

The number of estates referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in each financial year since 2012 is:

2012/13

1794

2013/14

2027

2014/15

1855

2015/16

1914

2016/17

1639

2017/18

1698

2018/19

1455*

*to date

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