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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to improve transparency and ensure due diligence is undertaken for new businesses registering with Companies House prior to the conclusion of ongoing Government consultations on corporate transparency and register reform.

Government proposals to improve the accountability of people owning and controlling companies were set out in our transparency and register reform consultation response published in September 2020.

Companies House has strong working relationships with a range of law enforcement agencies, including the Insolvency Service, HMRC, the National Crime Agency and others Within its current powers to act and share information, Companies House is continually improving collaboration with UK Law Enforcement and trusted private sector partners.