Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including claimant data for County Court Judgments on the public Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines.

The Ministry of Justice is considering the proposal that has been made by Registry Trust Ltd to include information about the claimant on entries about judgments on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines. We are discussing the benefits and risks of this proposal with Registry Trust Ltd to inform an assessment of whether to make reforms in this area.

We recognise that this proposal could reduce the number of enquiries about claimant data that are received by HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). We do not, however, hold data to allow us to estimate the number of enquiries that are received by HMCTS asking for information about claimant data.