Question follow-through · 25760
Credit Reference Agencies
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to simplify the process for requesting a credit freeze from consumer credit reporting companies.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to simplify the process for requesting a credit freeze from consumer credit reporting companies.
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently conducted a study on the credit information market — the Credit Information Market Study — to understand how this market operates and assess whether it is working effectively for consumers and lenders. In Dec...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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