Overview
- The Office of the Public Guardian increased the registration fee for each Lasting Power of Attorney from £82 to £92 on 17 November 2025.
- Registering both Property & Financial Affairs and Health & Welfare LPAs now costs £184 in total.
- The Ministry of Justice says this is the first change in eight years and notes full exemptions for some benefits recipients and half-fees for those earning under £12,000.
- Personal finance broadcaster Martin Lewis urges people to set up LPAs, calling them more important than wills and noting he has had one since his 30s.
- Legal advisers warn that without an LPA families may face locked assets and a lengthy, costly Court of Protection process, so they encourage applications without delay.