Question follow-through · 9148
Companies House
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies have been reported to Companies House for using (a) names and addresses and (b) other personal information without consent when registering in the last year; and whether his Departme
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Whisky: India · 13 Nov 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies have been reported to Companies House for using (a) names and addresses and (b) other personal information without consent when registering in the last year; and whether his Departme
17 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2024
Answer published
To the year ending 30 September 2024, Companies House received 28,933 reports related to the unauthorised use of addresses. No figure is available for personal information. In future, all directors (and equivalents), persons with significant control and t...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
30 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Royal Mail adheres to the universal service obligation.
Financial Services: Liechtenstein
31 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 5919 on Financial Services: Liechtenstein, whether he has had any meetings with his Liechtenstein counterpart.
Department for Business and Trade: Australia
31 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has met with the Agent-General of (a) New South Wales, (b) Queensland, (c) South Australia, (d) Tasmania, (e) Victoria, and (f) Western Australia.
Artificial Intelligence: Trade Competitiveness
13 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to keep the UK as a competitive place to invest in AI start-ups.
Whisky: India
13 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made on (a) a free trade agreement and (b) reducing trade tariffs applicable to Scottish whiskey with India.
Employment: Artificial Intelligence
13 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to help protect jobs that could otherwise be replaced by increased use of artificial intelligence.
Overseas Trade: Argentina
13 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for (a) his policies and (b) bilateral trade relations of Argentina’s most recent debt repayments to international bondholders.
Energy: Investment
13 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of Mexico's recent constitutional reforms on UK investments in the regional energy sector.
Department for Business and Trade: Canada
13 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14th October 2024 to Question 5918 on Department for Business and Trade: Canada, whether he plans to meet the Agent General of (a) Ontario, (b) Quebec and (c) Saskatchewan in
Trade Agreements: Switzerland
13 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made on free-trade negotiations with the Swiss Confederation.
Overseas Trade: El Salvador
20 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) implications for his policies and (b) impact on bilateral trade relations of the International Monetary Fund's loan deal with the Repu
Publishing: Consumers
27 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help safeguard consumer protection within the private publishing sector.