Probate

(asked on 8th December 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures to improve the timeliness of probate claims.


Answered by
Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 16th December 2025

HM Courts & Tribunals Service have invested in more staff, alongside system and process improvements to reduce and maintain lower processing times during the last year.

The Ministry of Justice publishes regular data on probate timeliness in our regular quarterly family court statistics bulletin: Family Court Statistics Quarterly - GOV.UK

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