| Heading: |
Personation |
| Question ID: |
1814600 |
| UIN: |
61398 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5306 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Claire Hazelgrove
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Claire Hazelgrove
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) take steps to make identity theft a police-recordable crime and (b) make an assessment of the adequacy of support given to victims of identity theft. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-27 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1533 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Dame Diana Johnson
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| Answering Member handle: |
DianaJohnsonMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@DianaJohnsonMP
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The act of stealing personal information, and using it for criminal means and gains, is already outlawed. This includes through legislation such as the Fraud Act 2006, Computer Misuse Act 1990 and the Data Protection Act 2018.The most effective way of pre... |
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| Answering body ID: |
1 |
| Answering body name: |
Home Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |