Question follow-through · 65905
Companies: Fraud and VAT
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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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2025
Question tabled
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.
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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14 Jul 2025
Answer published
Companies House is working with HMRC and Insolvency Service to identify the outcomes required to achieve an impact on the drivers of tax evasion, and assess the activities and resources required to deliver those outcomes. This expands on existing work tha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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