A question tabled by Freddie van Mierlo on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Alex Davies-Jones.

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Question ID: 1807374
UIN: 55807
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 5296
Asking Member display name: Freddie van Mierlo
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Freddie van Mierlo
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the service provided by the (a) probate service and (b) probate service contractors.
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Date answered: 2025-06-04
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4849
Answering Member display name: Alex Davies-Jones
Answering Member handle: AlexDaviesJones
Answering Member Twitter reference: @AlexDaviesJones
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Answer text: Official statistics published by the Ministry of Justice show that despite continued high levels of receipts, the effectiveness of the service being provided continues to improve. Average waiting times are reducing and was 6 weeks, from receipt of the doc...
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Answering body ID: 54
Answering body name: Ministry of Justice
Tweeted: true