Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 73408
Companies: Registration
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Sureena Brackenridge
Labour — Wolverhampton North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that new business identity verification rules prevent the creation of businesses at people's addresses without their consent.
Answer
Blair McDougallThe purpose of identity verification is to understand who is setting up, running, owning and controlling companies in the UK.Identity verification will enhance the wider powers already available to query or reject inaccurate or suspicious information and ...
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