Question follow-through · 1378
Companies: Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to encourage greater partnership between insolvency practitioners and Companies House to prevent phoenixing.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 21 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to encourage greater partnership between insolvency practitioners and Companies House to prevent phoenixing.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2026
Answer published
There is already a well-established director disqualification regime in the UK to prevent directors guilty of misconduct from taking part in the management of companies in the future.Insolvency practitioners have a duty to report to the Government’s Insol...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Industry: North of England
15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the he is taking to ensure the government's industrial strategy supports towns in the North of England.
Industry: Lancashire
1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure the government's industrial strategy supports industry in Lancashire.