Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 89214

Directors: Regulation

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Warinder Juss

LabourWolverhampton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of regulations allowing dormant companies to be appointed to (a) statutory and (b) regulatory roles.

Answer

Blair McDougall
It may be appropriate for dormant companies to hold some statutory or regulatory roles. No recent assessment has been undertaken across all statutory and regulatory roles. The Government keeps company law, as a whole, under regular review and makes change...

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