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1524788

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Companies House: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the Companies House incorporation fee.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	67914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill gives the Government more flexibility to use fees in the future, including for investigation and enforcement activities and as a result the Government is keeping the future fees charged by Companies House under review as reforms progress. The Government will seek to ensure that the UK remains an attractive place for business, whilst also protecting the register from fraud and economic crime.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 31/10/2022 14:43:49 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake previous answer version 27393 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1524382

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Companies: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of companies that have been automatically struck off the Companies House register where fraudulent activity was suspected to have taken place in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	67031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>Companies House does not hold figures for how many companies were struck off the register where fraudulent activity was suspected.</p><p> </p><p>The Registrar of Companies can only instigate action to strike a company off the register where she has reason to believe a company is no longer in business or in operation. The figures for the compulsory strike off process for the past five years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>212,334</p></td><td><p>216,642</p></td><td><p>230,931</p></td><td><p>165,597</p></td><td><p>279,913</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Registrar of Companies may also strike a company’s name off the register on application by a company. Table A9 of the <em>Companies register activities: statistical release 2021 to 2022</em> shows the total volumes of all companies struck off and dissolved, which includes the compulsory strike off process and following an application by a company:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">Companies register activities: statistical release 2021 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 31/10/2022 14:43:10 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake previous answer version 27383 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1524384

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Directors: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount recouped to creditors other than HMRC through Compensation Orders made against directors disqualified under the powers of the Rating and Director Disqualification Act 2021 to date.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	67032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The Rating and Director Disqualifications Act came into force on 15<sup>th</sup> December 2021 and gave the Insolvency Service, on behalf of the Secretary of State, the power to seek, where appropriate, disqualification and compensation orders against directors of dissolved companies.</p><p> </p><p>As at 20<sup>th</sup> October 2022, the Insolvency Service has authorised disqualification and compensation order proceedings against 16 directors which are yet to be determined.</p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service has not to date obtained a compensation order or undertaking pursuant to the aforementioned statutory power.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 26/10/2022 16:36:43 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell previous answer version 27386 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1524388

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Compensation: Court Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of Compensation Orders that have been made and (b) the total amount of funds that have been recouped from Compensation Orders in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	67033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>In each of the last five years the Insolvency Service has obtained the following number of Compensation Orders or Undertakings under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 and recovered the following sums:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Amount (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/20</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/22</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22/23</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>£58,550</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data provided is Insolvency Service management information and not from official statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 26/10/2022 16:36:02 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell previous answer version 27387 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1524398

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Directors: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of directors who have been disqualified for fraudulent activity and have since committed further fraud offences after being disqualified, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	67034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>In each of the last five years the Insolvency Service has obtained the following number of director disqualifications.</p><p> </p><p>18/19 - 1246</p><p>19/20 - 1285</p><p>20/21 - 981</p><p>21/22 - 803</p><p>22/23 - 441</p><p> </p><p>Directors may be disqualified for a range of corporate misconduct which can include fraudulent activity. Fraudulent activity is not recorded separately and therefore the data requested is not available. However, the full details of misconduct are published by The Insolvency Service on the Directors Disqualification register at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search-the-register-of-disqualified-company-directors" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search-the-register-of-disqualified-company-directors</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 26/10/2022 16:32:47 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell previous answer version 27388 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1523565

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Housing: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many residential property sales were registered at HM Land Registry across (a) all properties and (b) new-build properties in each local authority in England and Wales in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those were to (i) UK companies, (ii) overseas companies, (iii) UK-based individuals and (iv) individuals based overseas.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	65632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>HM Land Registry Price Paid Data available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/price-paid-data-downloads" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/price-paid-data-downloads</a> contains information on property sales, broken down by local authority. The last three years’ data is provided with this answer in a separate spreadsheet. In summary, the breakdown is as set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Residential</p></td><td><p>Residential classified as new build</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>337,540</p></td><td><p>3,198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>964,359</p></td><td><p>54,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>729,743</p></td><td><p>85,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>839,999</p></td><td><p>112,303</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We will place a detailed breakdown between UK and overseas companies, and individuals providing UK and non-UK correspondence addresses as soon as possible in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 26/10/2022 16:22:53 question first ministerially corrected 27/10/2022 14:19:01 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell attachment 1 file name Question 65632 - HMLR statistics - residential and new build residential 2019 - 2022 .xlsx title HMLR stats - res/new build res 2019-22 previous answer version 27864 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1521941

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Scottish Limited Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) the value, and (b) number of fines levied have been levied against Scottish Limited Partnerships for failing to register a Person of Significant Control in each month since the relevant regulations came into force.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	62865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>One fine has been levied against a Scottish Limited Partnership for failing to register people with significant control since the Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017 came into force. That fine was levied in the 2021/2022 Financial Year. A fine of £210 was imposed by the court.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 19/10/2022 08:38:44 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell previous answer version 24564 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1520432

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Public Health: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to enhance (a) environmental and (b) public health regulation following his Department’s review of existing EU regulation.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	61307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Policy on the environment is owned by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and any decisions regarding retained EU law on the environment are for DEFRA Ministers to take.</p><p> </p><p>Policy on public health is owned by the Department for Health &amp; Social Care, and any decisions regarding retained EU law on public health are for DHSC Ministers to take.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a world leader in environmental protections. In reviewing our retained EU law, we want to ensure that environmental law is fit for purpose for the UK’s unique environment, enabling us to drive improved environmental outcomes and deliver on our commitment to halt nature’s decline by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 18/10/2022 12:26:55 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell previous answer version 23344 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1092187

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many consultants his Department has hired since 2016; and what the cost of that hiring was to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	234810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of consultants hired in any one year as this work is often commissioned as part of an outcomes based contract to ensure value for money.</p><p> </p><p>The amount spent on consultants each year since 2016 is:</p><p> </p><p>2016-17 - £63.0 million of which £41.4 million was related to Site Licence Companies</p><p>2017-18 - £50.4 million of which £37.3 million was related to Site Licence Companies.</p><p> </p><p>Site Licence Companies manage and operate the nuclear facilities at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:21:37 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 109940 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1092209

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row four of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish the other programmes with their respective budgets referred to in that table.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	234820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure included in Other Programmes under Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ordnance Survey - Public Sector Mapping Agreement</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Product Safety &amp; Standards</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design council</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portfolio Management</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Launch Investments</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International Science and Innovation Policy</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homes England: Innovation</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Centrally held</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intellectual Property Office dividend</p></td><td><p>-1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Other programmes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29.4*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Table does not add up due to rounding</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 12:21:44 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 109929 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey