Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies were issued with penalty notices as a result of a failure to file (a) financial statements and (b) an annual return or confirmation statement on time in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15, (iv) 2015-16 and (v) 2016-17; and what the value was of those penalties.

This information is currently being researched. I will place this in the Libraries of the House as soon as the information is available.