Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 17208

Probate: Standards

Tabled: 8 July 2026

Answered: 17 July 2026

Question

Siân Berry

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he made of the reasons for the increase in probate processing times.

Answer

Catherine Atkinson

The Ministry of Justice publish regular data on probate timeliness and open caseload in our quarterly family court statistics bulletin Family Court Statistics Quarterly - GOV.UK. According to the published data in the Family Court Statistics Quarterly, th...

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