Helen Goodman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Goodman on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost to HM Revenue and Customs is of administering probate.

Caroline Dinenage

The Ministry of Justice is responsible for administering probate.

The amount of fee income accrued to the public purse in probate fee charges (after remission) increased from £19m in 2013/14 to £41.5m in 2014/15 following fee increases introduced in April 2014.

The annual cost to the Ministry of Justice of administering probate in 2014/15 was £42.5m.