About our services - Office of the Public Guardian - GOV.UK Cookies on GOV.UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. View cookies About our services It takes 8 to 10 weeks to process and register LPA applications. Office of the Public Guardian Service status as of 7 April 2026 Processing times for lasting powers of attorney It takes 8 to 10 weeks to process and register LPA applications. This includes a statutory waiting period of 4 weeks. How to apply You can make a lasting power of attorney (LPA) online using the Make a lasting power of attorney service. You can then track your application’s processing using that account. Email customerservices@publicguardian.gov.uk Telephone 0300 456 0300 Calling from outside the UK: +44 (0)203 518 9639 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9am to 5pm Wednesday 10am to 5pm Our busiest day is Monday, call wait times are shorter Tuesday to Friday Relay UK (if you cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 0300 123 1300 Office address PO Box 16185 Birmingham B2 2WH United Kingdom Contents Is this page useful? Maybe Thank you for your feedback Help us improve GOV.UK To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab