Petition · past parliament · Ministry of Justice
Reduce the court filing fees for filing a divorce application
Closed
165 signatures
What the petition asks
Reduce the fee for filing a divorce with HMCTS from £593 to £493 to reflect the decrease in work required to process a divorce following digitisation.
The Government is proposing to raise court fees by an average 10% which includes fees on divorce applications from £593 to £652. The service has now been digitised. Therefore, the amount of work required to process a divorce has drastically reduced. People going through relationship breakdown should not be subsiding the rest of the court system.
Timeline
| 14 Dec 2023 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 May 2024 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
165
Status
Closed
Department
Ministry of Justice
Opened
14 Dec 2023
Closed
29 May 2024
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.