The waiting time for probate applications has remained the same for two months in a row – sitting at 6.2 in the number of weeks from submission to grant issue for all probate applications, according to HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS).
This is still the shortest waiting time, showing a significant shift from February last year which was 13.7 weeks. For the grants of probate issued in February, the average timeline from submission to grant was 6.2 weeks – showing a decrease from December which was 6.5 weeks, according to the data.
Of the 23,495 total number of grants issued for February, 18,982 were digital which shows that the number of digital applications is still increasing – revealing the popularity of digitisation. For non-stopped applications, the average wait was 6.3 weeks, which shows that it has slightly increased from 5.7 weeks in January.
For stopped digital applications, delays sat 9.2 weeks in February – a waiting period which has increased since the previous month. Yet this is still a decrease from the 11.1 week wait seen in November of last year.
What’s more, the remaining 4,513 probate grants in February were issued via paper. The average wait between submission and grant for a paper application was 13.5 weeks, down slightly from 13.8 weeks in January. For stopped applications, the 22.9 week wait in February is up slightly from the 21.4 weeks in the previous month.
