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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much and what proportion of penalties levied to companies that failed to file (a) financial statements and (b) an annual return or confirmation statement on time were written off as bad debts in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15, (iv) 2015-16 and (v) 2016-17.

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