Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 56656

Office of the Public Guardian

Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

David Smith

LabourNorth Northumberland

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.

Answer

Sarah Sackman
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...

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