Question follow-through · 71320

Probate: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help reduce the time taken for probate processing.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 29 Aug 2025
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2025
Answer: 8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help reduce the time taken for probate processing.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2025
Answer published
HM Courts & Tribunals Service have invested in more staff, alongside system and process improvements to reduce and then maintain lower processing times during the last year.The Ministry of Justice publishes data on probate timeliness here: https://www...

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12 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department monitors compliance with the legal right to British Sign Language interpreters in jury deliberation rooms in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

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