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...