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Companies: Registration

Commons · Question 10943 · Tabled 17 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2026

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Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Companies House press release entitled Progress made in cleaning up Companies House register as further steps taken to tackle economic crime, published on 11 June 2026, how many c

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Answered by Blair McDougall, 23 Jun 2026

A person may have verified their identify with one company and not yet verified, or be due to verify, for all their appointments.As of 18 June 2026, there are 3.63 million unverified Director appointments, of which 830,000 are past their verification dead...