Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) certified enforcement and (b) high-court officers have lost their licence to enforce debts since April 2014.

According to the data held by the Ministry of Justice, since April 2014, 337 individuals have had their certificate to act as a certificated enforcement agent cancelled by the county court. Reasons for cancelling a certificate include an agent leaving his or her employer, ceasing to work as an enforcement agent or by a judicial order following a judgement that they are not a fit and proper person to hold a certificate.

Since 2014, no High Court Enforcement Officers have had their licence revoked as a result of a complaint.