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1714614

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date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Companies: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether criminals in China are setting up companies by fraudulently registering addresses in the UK through Companies House in order to bypass Chinese restrictions on cryptocurrency trading.
tabling member printed	Lord Mann
uin	HL4165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>Companies House is working increasingly closely with law enforcement to understand filing patterns. While I cannot comment on the detail of that, I am confident it will, over time, significantly improve the ability to identify and combat attempts systematically to abuse the company register.</p><p>Where Chinese nationals, or others, have registered companies using addresses which they have no authority to use, the Registrar has a suite of powers - recently strengthened by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 - which allow the misappropriated address to be replaced with a default address. Where companies persistently fail to provide an appropriate address, the Registrar has the power to strike them off the register altogether.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 14/05/2024 14:40:57 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

1713729

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Companies: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many fake companies were registered in each of the last 12 months for which there are records, unbeknownst to the householder at the address used.
tabling member printed	Lord Mann
uin	HL4079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Companies House does not have a means of accurately measuring the volume of companies used for illegitimate purposes or an approved statistical method to estimate it. However, Companies House does act on reports of unexpected activity that may indicate that an incorporated entity is being used illegitimately.</p><p> </p><p>Following the commencement of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 on 4 March Companies House has begun to act proactively cleanse the Register of Companies of disputed information. It has also been empowered to proactively share information with law enforcement partners where potentially illegitimate activity is identified.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 08/05/2024 16:19:53 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

1713730

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Companies: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what free and fast track process is available for a householder to remove their address from the register at Companies House when that address has been used fraudulently by a company.
tabling member printed	Lord Mann
uin	HL4080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>If a person finds that their address has been used by a company without their authorisation, they should contact Companies House providing details of the address and supporting evidence. There is no charge for applying to the Registrar of Companies to remove a person’s address from the register if it has been used without consent. Companies House does not offer a fast-track process.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 09/05/2024 16:48:12 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann