Insolvency: Domestic Abuse
Commons · Question 11367 · Tabled 18 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the safeguards in the Insolvency Rules 2016 against the misuse of insolvency proceedings as an instrument of economic abuse or coercive contro
Answer
Answered by Blair McDougall, 26 Jun 2026
Insolvency proceedings are a regulated process designed to protect both debtors and creditors.An individual can only be declared bankrupt by a court order following the presentation of a bankruptcy petition. The process is overseen by the court through th...