Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the robustness of (a) technical and (b) software systems used by HM Court and Tribunal Service to process probate applications.

The Probate Service is supported by robust technology and software, which is maintained and improved by a dedicated team of software developers.

We seek regular feedback from users of the service, which influences the priorities of the software development team. All our technical systems meet Government standards, including alignment with architectural and cyber security principles.

HMCTS is required to complete an annual Data Protection Impact Assessment, which is a process to help identify and minimize the data protection risks of the service.