Lord Beecham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Beecham on 2016-01-27.

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.

Lord Faulks

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.