Probate sex probing

sir – It seems the Civil Service is getting back to normal after Covid.

HM Courts & Tribunals Service, whose responsibilities include issuing a grant of probate when someone dies, has updated its PA1P probate application form. This version has an extra six pages containing 13 “equality and diversity” questions about the applicant’s main language, religion, ethnicity, mental and physical health, sexual orientation, sex and gender.

Although answering the questions is optional, sadly there is no box to tick that says: “Mind your own business and do some proper work.”

David Price

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire