Question follow-through · 19577
Probate: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for applications referred to the Lost Wills Team.
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
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2026 · 48 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for applications referred to the Lost Wills Team.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice publishes regular data on probate timeliness and open caseload in the quarterly Family Court Statistics bulletin, available at Family Court Statistics Quarterly - GOV.UK.Published statistics include a range of breakdowns which enab...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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