Question follow-through · 56656
Office of the Public Guardian
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the safeguards to prevent the misuse of searches of the Office of the Public Guardian Registers by offenders to find the location of their past victims.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Health Services: Negligence · 1 Sept 2025
- Powers of Attorney: Universal Credit · 29 Jun 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the safeguards to prevent the misuse of searches of the Office of the Public Guardian Registers by offenders to find the location of their past victims.
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) does not provide location information in the results of register searches. The information given is limited to whether a power of attorney, deputyship order or guardianship order is in place, and the scope and natur...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Health Services: Negligence
1 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to (a) alter the statute of limitations and (b) review time limits for claims for (i) brain injuries and (ii) other lifelong conditions resulting from (A) medical and (B) clinical negligence.
Powers of Attorney: Universal Credit
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Office of the Public Guardian’s fee exemption criteria for Lasting Powers of Attorney on people migrated from income-related Employment and Support Allow