Question
Lord Beecham
Labour
Life peer
Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the annual cost of the Probate Registry and the yield from fee income.
Answered on
22 February 2016
The cost of the Probate Registry in 2014/15 was £42.5m and the yield from fee income (after remission) was £41.5m.
The costs relate to probate for “non-contentious” cases, that is where the Will is not in dispute.
Answered by
Ministry of Justice