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539980

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to force Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to establish public central registers of beneficial ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	43422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2016 answer text While the Overseas Territories (OTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) are separate jurisdictions, and are responsible for their own fiscal matters, we are working closely with them on their role on company transparency. Our priority has been for them to establish a central register of beneficial ownership information (or a similarly effective system) where they do not already have one, and for UK law enforcement and tax authorities to have full and automatic access to that information. Bilateral arrangements to this effect have now been concluded with all the relevant OTs and with the CDs, and these will enter into effect by June 2017. The registers will, with one exception, not be public, but these measures will place our Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories well ahead of other similar jurisdictions and represent a significant step forward in our ability to counter criminal activity. answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 02/08/2016 12:41:51 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

786331

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish correspondence between his Department and the Government of Bermuda on its policy on beneficial ownership of companies.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	112082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>​The Government concluded an Exchange of Notes with the Government of Bermuda in 2016, setting out arrangements for the exchange of beneficial ownership information between Bermuda and the UK. Under the arrangement, UK law enforcement authorities have access, on request, to information on the ultimate owners of companies incorporated in Bermuda within 24 hours or within one hour for the most urgent cases. The Exchange of Notes and key correspondence with the Government of Bermuda on the issue of beneficial ownership are publicly available on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/11/2017 13:43:37 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

794293

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111541, on companies: ownership what access the Government has to registers of beneficial ownership in each British Overseas Territory.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	115266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>​Central registers of beneficial ownership information or similarly effective arrangements are in place in Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Gibraltar.</p><p>Under bilateral arrangements concluded in 2016 with Overseas Territories with financial centres, UK law enforcement authorities have the automatic right of access to beneficial ownership information held on companies incorporated in those Territories within 24 hours or one hour in urgent cases.</p><p>Anguilla and the Turks and Caicos Islands have not yet established a central register or similarly effective arrangement. We continue to monitor progress and to offer support to both these Territories.</p><p>Montserrat has committed to establish a public central register and is expected to introduce new legislation to implement its central register shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 28/11/2017 17:07:27 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

625964

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, by what date he expects all UK Overseas Territories to have adopted central registers of beneficial ownership accessible to UK Law enforcement.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	51267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>Those Overseas Territories with financial centres that concluded bilateral arrangements with the UK in April 2016 have committed to establish, where they have not already done so, central registers of beneficial ownership information or similarly effective systems by June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/11/2016 15:51:05 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

750134

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether all Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have central registers of beneficial ownership in operation; and what plans he has to make those registers public.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	uin	3734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The creation of new central registers or similarly effective systems has been completed in all the Crown Dependencies (CDs) and in the following Overseas Territories with financial centres: Bermuda, The British Virgin Islands, The Cayman Islands &amp; Gibraltar, with legislation to underpin the registers passed by their respective legislatures. Data population of the registers with data will be taken forward as a priority in coming months.</p><p>Guernsey and Alderney's legislation to enable their registers to be operational will be considered by the Privy Council this month.</p><p>The Turks and Caicos Islands have passed legislation, and their register is expected to be operational by the end of this month.</p><p>Anguilla has not yet established its register. We continue to engage with the Anguillian authorities to take this forward.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/07/2017 12:14:28 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

709459

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies introduce public registers of beneficial ownership; and whether he will set a timetable for their introduction.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	67174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government works closely with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies on tax and transparency issues. Our priority is the implementation of the new bilateral arrangements concluded with them in 2016, which are due to come into effect by June this year. Under these arrangements, Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories with a financial centre have committed to establish, where they have not already done so, central registers of beneficial ownership information or similarly effective systems, and to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in their jurisdictions. Nevertheless, it remains the Government’s ambition for public registers to become the global standard. If this happens, we would expect the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/03/2017 14:26:38 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

625967

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with leaders of UK Overseas Territories on publicly accessible central registers of beneficial ownership since his appointment.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	51266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN, my noble Friend, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, and the Solicitor General, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Member for South Swindon discussed the implementation of the bilateral arrangements on beneficial ownership with leaders of the OTs at the Joint Ministerial Council on 2 November.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/11/2016 15:47:48 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

937826

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Crown Dependencies on setting up public registers of beneficial ownership on the basis of a voluntary agreement in the last two months.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	162505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is not responsible for UK engagement with the Crown Dependencies regarding existing beneficial ownership arrangements, and has therefore not had any discussions with the Crown Dependencies on this issue.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice is the UK Government Department responsible for the UK's wider constitutional relationship with those jurisdictions.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/07/2018 15:50:10 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

901336

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Statement of 1 May 2018, HCWS660, on beneficial ownership in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, whether information on merchant shipping beneficially owned in Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies is included in the Exchange of Notes arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	142768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The Exchanges of Notes concluded with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies in 2016 provide for the exchange of information on the beneficial ownership of corporate and legal entities incorporated in these jurisdictions. As ships are assets, and not corporate and legal entities, the beneficial owners of merchant ships registered in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies would not be covered by the Exchanges of Notes, unless the vessels are owned by corporate and legal entities incorporated in these jurisdictions.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 15/05/2018 16:02:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

683073

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Sixth Special Report HC911, Tackling corruption overseas: Government Response to the Fourth Report from the International Development Committee, Session 2016-17, whether it remains the Government's policy to persuade the UK's Crown Dependencies to adopt public registers of beneficial ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	62683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>It remains the Government’s ambition for public registers to become the global standard. Our priority is to implement the new bilateral arrangements which were concluded with the Overseas Territories in 2016. Under the arrangements, the Overseas Territories have committed to establish, where they have not already done so, central registers of beneficial ownership information or similarly effective systems, and to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in these jurisdictions.</p><p>The Overseas Territories have also committed to systematic exchange of beneficial ownership information as part of a wider international initiative.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 06/02/2017 17:32:29 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell