VERIFIED Part of What we found: laws passed, then left switched off
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- Stuck Acts: 79 Acts at least five years old still have parts not in force. For 58 of them, no new commencement (switch-on) order has been made since 9 October 2021, and 11 of those have never had one.
Explorer Pointers
- The register: every Act with parts not in force (our data, free CSV)
- legislation.gov.uk: UK Public General Acts (opens in new tab)
Topics: Laws not in force Switch-on orders
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The lawFinding
Almost 1 in 4 Acts passed since 2010 still had parts not in force five years after becoming law.
Topics: Laws not in force Switch-on orders
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The lawFinding
The care cap: passed in 2014, never switched on, still on the books.
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The lawFinding
The government doesn't publish a regular list of laws left switched off. So we made one.
Topics: Transparency Laws not in force
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Said vs doneFinding
Starter Homes: 200,000 promised in 2015, a law passed in 2016, none built, and those sections never switched on.
Topics: Starter Homes Housing Promises vs delivery Laws not in force
Last checked 9 Oct 2026. Corrections: Corrections policy · Archive