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Probate: Standards

Commons · Question 4295 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 8 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Lake

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to issue a grant of probate.

Answer

Answered by Catherine Atkinson, 8 Jun 2026

HM Courts & Tribunals Service has invested in more staff in 2026, alongside system and process improvements and a programme of upskilling to improve the processing time for applications and in order to ensure the outstanding caseload does not increase...