Question follow-through · 85437

Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications his Department has made to restore a company to the register under section 1029(2)(a) of the Companies Act 2006 since 5 July 2024.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
29 Oct 2025
Answer
30 Oct 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications his Department has made to restore a company to the register under section 1029(2)(a) of the Companies Act 2006 since 5 July 2024.

  2. 29 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Secretary of State made no applications to court for the restoration of a company pursuant to s.1029 of the Companies Act 2006 during the period in question. Within that period, in the context of a petition to wind up a company pursuant to s.124A of t...

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