Question follow-through · 1189
Private Investigators: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which department is the lead for the regulation of the private intelligence industry.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which department is the lead for the regulation of the private intelligence industry.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
Professionals working in the private intelligence industry are not regulated in law in the UK.Professionals working in the private intelligence industry can opt to register with industry bodies such as the Association of British Investigators. Such bodies...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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