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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department has considered making identity theft a police recordable crime.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
15 Jul 2025
Target answer date
17 Jul 2025
Answer
23 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department has considered making identity theft a police recordable crime.

  2. 17 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    At present, identity theft is not a standalone criminal offence, but criminal acts which exploit stolen identities are already covered under existing legislation such as the Fraud Act 2006, Computer Misuse Act 1990, and Data Protection Act 2018. However, ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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