A question on #Companies #Registration tabled by Lord Sikka on 05-06-2025 has been answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch.

Heading: Companies: Registration
Question ID: 1810104
UIN: HL8190
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-06-05
Asking Member ID: 4885
Asking Member display name: Lord Sikka
Asking Member handle: premnsikka
Asking Member Twitter reference: @premnsikka
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government how many companies registered at Companies House do not have a UK resident director.
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Date answered: 2025-06-18
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 3792
Answering Member display name: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Answering Member handle: WhitchurchGirl
Answering Member Twitter reference: @WhitchurchGirl
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Answer text: Companies House does not currently hold this statistic. Furthermore, as country of residency is a voluntary field there are issues with the data quality. However, the introduction of voluntary and mandatory identity verification will allow us to be able t...
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Answering body ID: 214
Answering body name: Department for Business and Trade
Tweeted: true