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date	02/07/2019
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	New Businesses: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who (a) Companies House and (b) HMRC share information on business owners with when a limited company is set up.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	272286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>Companies House collects information on business owners (subscribers, who are the company’s initial shareholders, directors, and persons with significant control in a company) when a limited company is set up. The registrar of companies is under a statutory duty to make this information freely available to the public. Any person may inspect this information and require a copy of it. The registrar of companies does this through a variety of means, such as through our online service - Companies House Service, Companies House Direct and WebCheck - through our Contact Centre and through data and image products.</p><p>There is some engagement with HMRC where companies register for corporation and PAYE tax as an employer which can be found at:</p><p><br><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Flimited-company-formation%2Fset-up-your-company-for-corporation-tax%3Fstep-by-step-nav%3D37e4c035-b25c-4289-b85c-c6d36d11a763&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cparlybranch.pqs%40beis.gov.uk%7C74283b309bad47312afc08d70068f111%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636978323028153502&amp;sdata=enQOPvrwSTRItSTJmT6cLjTtate9W4AutROzXSpPXi4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/limited-company-formation/set-up-your-company-for-corporation-tax?step-by-step-nav=37e4c035-b25c-4289-b85c-c6d36d11a763</a>.</p><p>However, under the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 HMRC does not disclose customer information.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/07/2019 16:44:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1136366

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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	New Businesses: Disclosure of Information
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 personal information of a business owner is placed in the public domain when a limited company is set up.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	272287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>Companies House collects information on business owners (subscribers, who are the company’s initial shareholders, directors, and persons with significant control in a company) when a limited company is set up. The registrar of companies is under a statutory duty to make this information freely available to the public. Any person may inspect this information and require a copy of it. The registrar of companies does this through a variety of means, such as through our online service - Companies House Service, Companies House Direct and WebCheck - through our Contact Centre and through data and image products.</p><p>There is some engagement with HMRC where companies register for corporation and PAYE tax as an employer which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Flimited-company-formation%2Fset-up-your-company-for-corporation-tax%3Fstep-by-step-nav%3D37e4c035-b25c-4289-b85c-c6d36d11a763&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cparlybranch.pqs%40beis.gov.uk%7C74283b309bad47312afc08d70068f111%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636978323028153502&amp;sdata=enQOPvrwSTRItSTJmT6cLjTtate9W4AutROzXSpPXi4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/limited-company-formation/set-up-your-company-for-corporation-tax?step-by-step-nav=37e4c035-b25c-4289-b85c-c6d36d11a763</a>.</p><p>However, under the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 HMRC does not disclose customer information.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/07/2019 16:44:29 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith