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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many registered offices, inspection places and business locations the Companies House Breaches Team has visited in order to verify companies' compliance with sections 21, 22 and 23 of the Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015 since 31 January 2015.

Enforcement of Section 21, 22 and 23 of the Company Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations is undertaken in response to information being brought to the attention of Companies House or another enforcement agencies attention, rather than through pro-active enforcement visits. Companies House's primary aim will be to try to achieve compliance. If the company does not comply, the case will be referred to prosecutors and a prosecution will be bought if it is deemed to be in the public interest. In the event of a conviction the Court would impose the appropriate penalty. Companies House has received two complaints under these sections. Of these two complied when contacted by Companies House and one company was on a dissolution path and so no further action was taken as it would not have been in the public interest as defined in the Code for Crown Prosecutors.