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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his planned timetable is for reforms to Companies House; and if he will take steps to ensure that insolvency practitioners, when appointed to an insolvent company, are included in the category of those able to access the proposed new range of additional back office information collected by Companies House.

Reform of Companies House will be included in the forthcoming Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. We are preparing the Bill at pace and expect it to be introduced early in the session.

The Government outlined plans to enable the Registrar to proactively disclose information to law enforcement and other relevant bodies, including insolvency practitioners, in its Corporate Transparency and Register Reform White Paper.