Question follow-through · 107453
Companies House: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason (a) the number of staff and (b) staff costs have increased at Companies House since April 2017.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jan 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason (a) the number of staff and (b) staff costs have increased at Companies House since April 2017.
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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26 Jan 2026
Answer published
Companies House’s staff numbers have increased in recent years as a result of its extensive transformation to strengthen the integrity and transparency of the UK corporate register. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 has significantly ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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