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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many fines have been levied in each of the past ten years for the offence of false filing to companies house, and what estimate he has made of the value of those fines.

In cases prosecuted by the Insolvency Service, the total number and value of fines imposed on a defendant, in each of the past ten years, for a General false statement offence, contrary to Section 1112 Companies Act 2006 is:

2012 - nil

2013 - nil

2014 - nil

2015 - nil

2016 - nil

2017 - nil

2018 - 1 x £1,602.00

2019 - 1 x £15,000.00

2020 - nil

2021 - nil

2022 - (up to 31 October) 1x £500.00