| Heading: |
Credit and Debt Collection |
| Question ID: |
1798581 |
| UIN: |
49066 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4869 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Nadia Whittome
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Nadia Whittome
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that creditors and debt collection agencies respond to customer enquiries and amend credit files in a timely manner. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4077 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Reynolds
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| Answering Member handle: |
emmaforwycombe
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@emmaforwycombe
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| Answer text: |
Under data protection laws, the information on a person’s credit file must accurately reflect their credit history. If an individual believes that an organisation, such as a creditor or a debt collection agency, has not corrected inaccurate information re... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |