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539980

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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

524913

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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 progress he has made since the Anti-Corruption Summit of 12 May 2016 on implementing the Government's plan to establish central registers of beneficial ownership in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	40547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Agreement has been reached with all the relevant Overseas Territories, and with the Isle of Man and Jersey on the establishment of central registers or similarly effective systems. These arrangements will give UK law enforcement and tax authorities quick and unrestricted access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in these Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. This is a significant step forward in our ability to fight criminal activity. The signing of a similar arrangement with Guernsey is expected shortly, following their recent general election and formation of a new government.</p><p>Requests from UK law enforcement will be processed within 24 hours and quicker in urgent cases. The new arrangements must be in place by June 2017, but relevant Government Departments and law enforcement authorities are working with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to ensure some changes are made immediately.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/06/2016 13:00:31 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

525039

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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, with reference to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister of 11 April 2016, Official Report, columns 23-26, on the Panama Papers, whether UK law enforcement agencies will have automatic access to central registers of beneficial ownership, or equivalent platforms, in the Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies once those registers or platforms have been established.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	40531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Under the bilateral arrangements concluded with the Overseas Territories with a financial centre and Crown Dependencies, UK law enforcement and tax authorities will have quick and unrestricted access to beneficial ownership information held in central registers or similarly effective systems on corporate and legal entities incorporated in these Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/06/2016 12:59:09 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

521966

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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, whether a timetable has been agreed for the Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies to establish central registers of beneficial ownership.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	38865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The new arrangements agreed with the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories with financial centres must be in place by June 2017. UK law enforcement authorities will, however, work with these jurisdictions to ensure that the spirit of the arrangements is respected immediately.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 08/06/2016 13:29:42 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth