For people facing serious debt, insolvency can provide a route towards financial recovery. But a growing campaign is asking whether getting that help should mean having personal information placed on a register that anyone can search.

Money Wellness, backed by four MPs and twelve organisations, is calling for the Government’s Individual Insolvency Register to become private. The campaign focuses particularly on domestic abuse survivors, whose safety could be put at risk when details including their name, date of birth and home address are publicly accessible after entering certain insolvency procedures.

Why is the register under scrutiny?

For somebody who has escaped an abusive relationship, keeping their location confidential may be essential. Yet insolvency can result in personal information being publi ...