Question follow-through · 92786
New Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of checks on new company formation with Companies House.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Economy and business
- Department for Business and Trade: Telephone Services · 20 Nov 2025
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- Horizon IT System: Compensation · 25 Nov 2025
- Ukraine: Reconstruction · 26 Nov 2025
- Construction: Materials · 27 Nov 2025
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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
19 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of checks on new company formation with Companies House.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2025
Answer published
Companies House has developed and is continuing to develop capabilities in data analysis and measures to prevent the registration of misleading information and to better understand what measures will prove effective in preventing the registration of misle...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Department for Business and Trade: Telephone Services
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Supermarkets: Technology
25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of self service check outs at supermarkets and convenience stores on the number of jobs in those sectors since 2015.
Horizon IT System: Compensation
25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many sub postmasters have had claims (a) settled and (b) not settled related to the Horizon issue.
Ukraine: Reconstruction
26 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to support the rebuilding of Ukraine through UK to Ukraine economic trade expansion.
Construction: Materials
27 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the assessed domestic (a) brick (b) roof tile (c) steel (d) aggregate (e) plasterboard (f) construction grade timber production capacity for each year from 2015
Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Imports
5 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with local authority trading standards teams about assessing the potential risk of purchasing imported e-bikes and e-scooters, and fire risk from sub standard batteries and
Holyhead Port: UK Trade with EU
5 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Welsh government on increasing the economic potential of Holyhead Port relative to UK - Ireland trade.
Living Wage
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the government intends to equalise the National Living Wage rates for workers over 18 years old.