Question follow-through · 121098

Companies House: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Companies House news story titled Update on Companies House WebFiling security issue, published on 16 March 2026, how many unique user accounts successfully performed the set of a

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
19 Mar 2026
Answer
19 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Companies House news story titled Update on Companies House WebFiling security issue, published on 16 March 2026, how many unique user accounts successfully performed the set of a

  2. 19 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    It is not currently possible to determine the number of unique user accounts affected. However, Companies House is investigating this from both a technical and customer perspective. Following the initial report, ongoing investigations have found no subseq...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Ensus UK

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Ensus UK

14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to HCWS1501, what level of detail will be provided in DBT’s 2025-26 and 2026-27 annual reports on expenditure associated with the Ensus UK Limited restart.

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Ensus UK

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