Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 121099

Companies House: Cybercrime

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Andrew Griffith

ConservativeArundel and South Downs

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, what estimate his Department has made of the number of companies

Answer

Blair McDougall
Companies House is investigating this from both a technical and customer perspective. Following the initial report, ongoing investigations have found no subsequent confirmed cases of personal data having been accessed without permission as a result of thi...

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