Question follow-through · 36916
British Overseas Territories: Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on ensuring publicly accessible registers of beneficial ownership in all overseas territories.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on ensuring publicly accessible registers of beneficial ownership in all overseas territories.
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
At the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in November 2024, all Overseas Territories committed to implementing registers with the maximum possible degree of access and transparency. The Falkland Islands and Saint Helena committed to join Montserrat and Gibra...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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