Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 77409

Companies: Registration

Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal DemocratMid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking with Companies House to ensure companies under the control of the same person or persons are connected on the Companies House website.

Answer

Blair McDougall
Companies House currently links the appointments of company officers where sufficient details across different companies' match. The introduction of compulsory Identity verification for company officers in November will help improve the quality of matchin...

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