Question follow-through · 110260
Companies House: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with Companies House on recent increases to their fees.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with Companies House on recent increases to their fees.
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
The recent adjustments to the fees, which came into effect on 1 February 2026, were determined following detailed modelling of budgetary requirements by Companies House to support the delivery of priorities set by this government. There was extensive dial...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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