Question follow-through · 4295
Probate: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to issue a grant of probate.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to issue a grant of probate.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Probate: Applications
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for a grant of probate were submitted in a) English and b) Welsh in each year since 2021.