United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 73408
Companies: Registration
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29 August 2025
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18 September 2025 · Answer
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18 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that new business identity verification rules prevent the creation of businesses at people's addresses without their consent.
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that new business identity verification rules prevent the creation of businesses at people's addresses without their consent.
Source: Commons
18 September 2025
Answer
The purpose of identity verification is to understand who is setting up, running, owning and controlling companies in the UK.Identity verification will enhance the wider powers already available to query or reject inaccurate or suspicious information and ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/73408
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1830165
- uk · wq-1830165 · source updated 18 September 2025