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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many staff were employed to assess whether companies filed annual returns of confirmation statements that complied with the (a) requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and (b) other appropriate legislation and regulation 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.