United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 68760
Administration of Estates
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3 July 2020
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10 July 2020 · Answer
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10 July 2020
Summary
To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people who died without known entitled relatives and left a will were referred to the Bona Vacant Division of the Government Legal Department in (a) March, (b) April and (c) May in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
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3 July 2020
Written question
To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people who died without known entitled relatives and left a will were referred to the Bona Vacant Division of the Government Legal Department in (a) March, (b) April and (c) May in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
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10 July 2020
Answer
The Bona Vacantia Division (BVD) of the Government Legal Department (GLD) deals with the solvent estates of people domiciled in England & Wales who appear to have died without leaving a valid will or relatives entitled to share in their estates in priorit...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-07-03/68760
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1220624
- uk · wq-1220624 · source updated 10 July 2020