Probate: Operating Costs

(asked on 2nd September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the running costs of the Probate Office were in March (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 11th September 2020

Answer to question part:

a) The costs of the Probate jurisdiction for 2017-18 were £5.7m.

b) The costs of the Probate jurisdiction for 2018-19 were £5.9m.

c) The costs of the Probate jurisdiction for 2019-20 were £7.5m.

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