Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 82332

Companies: Registration

Tabled: 15 October 2025

Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2025 to Question 73348 on Companies: Registration, for what reason Companies House recognised Palestinian as a nationality before the UK Government formally recog

Answer

Blair McDougall

‘Palestinian’ has been included in the Companies House list of nationalities for many years. This guidance was last reviewed in 2017, at which point Palestinian was retained on the list. Nationalities and countries for company filings - GOV.UK The current...

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