Question follow-through · 23532

Money Lenders: Victims

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the number of adults who are victims of illegal money lending each year.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
16 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the number of adults who are victims of illegal money lending each year.

  2. 16 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Illegal money lenders — more commonly known as loan sharks — are dangerous criminals capable of inflicting terrible harm on their victims. To combat this, the Government funds specialist Illegal Money Lending Teams (IMLTs) operating across the UK. These t...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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