Question follow-through · 54047

Removal Services: Departmental Responsibilities

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.

answeredSarah GreenDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
21 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
5 Jun 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 May 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 2 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports has overall responsibility for business services across government. The full list of Ministerial Responsibilities is available on GOV.UK here.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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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.

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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