Question follow-through · 7877
Audit: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting the International Standard on Auditing for Audits of Financial Statements of Less Complex Entities.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 8 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting the International Standard on Auditing for Audits of Financial Statements of Less Complex Entities.
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
It is for the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to decide whether the International Standard on Auditing for Audits of Financial Statements of Less Complex Entities (ISA for LCE) provides proper and proportionate scrutiny of financial statements. The Gove...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Removal Services: Departmental Responsibilities
21 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of adding the removals sector to a minister's responsibility in his Department.
Companies: Fraud and VAT
8 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered adding a VAT number field to the Companies House online register to help tackle (a) corporate fraud and (b) tax evasion.
Companies: Fraud and Tax Evasion
8 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what further steps he (a) is considering and (b) plans to take to help improve the ability of Companies House to (i) identify people attempting to evade (A) tax liabilities and (B) other responsibiliti