Government defends probate fee increase

Probate fees rise sharply

Executors dealing with an estate already have plenty to manage and the cost of applying for probate is about to become a bigger part of that. Now the standard probate application fee has jumped from £300 to £526 from 13 July – a rise of 75 per cent. Why the increase The Ministry of Justice has framed the rise as a cost recovery measure. Of the £226 increase, officials say the additional revenue will go towards inflation and ongoing investment in…

Government defends probate fee increase

The government has defended the increase in the probate application fee, which went up by almost 75% earlier this week. A probate application now costs £526, up from £300. In a written House of Commons question, Liberal Democrat MP Monica Harding asked what assessment had been made of the potential impact of the increase on …