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Credit Rating: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in the level of market competition in the consumer credit rating sector.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
29 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in the level of market competition in the consumer credit rating sector.

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The government recognises the significant role of healthy competition in markets in giving consumers access to services and products of high quality, supporting business growth and the wider economy. Responsibility for investigating individual and market-...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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