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Intestacy

Question for Attorney General

UIN 219364, tabled on 11 February 2019

To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people that die without (a) known entitled relatives and (b) leaving a will were referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in each year since 2012.

Answered on

18 February 2019

The number of estates referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in each financial year since 2012 is:

2012/13

1794

2013/14

2027

2014/15

1855

2015/16

1914

2016/17

1639

2017/18

1698

2018/19

1455*

*to date

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Attorney General