Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 84514
Companies: Registration
Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025
Question
Carla Denyer
Green Party — Bristol Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of mechanisms to safeguard against a residential address being fraudulently used to register a company without the knowledge of the resident of the address
Answer
Blair McDougallThe Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 strengthened Companies House’s powers to query or reject inaccurate or suspicious addresses, enabling the Registrar to act swiftly and decisively against misuse of residential addresses.Many fraudulen...
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