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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many investigations of breaches of section 1112 of the Companies Act 2006 have been undertaken by Companies House; and how many of those investigations (a) led to companies being dissolved and taken off the register and (b) resulted in Companies House referring the case to prosecutors.

There have been nine investigations into breaches of section 1112 of the Companies Act 2006 by Companies House, one of which involved multiple companies. Following these investigations Companies House referred three cases to prosecutors. Two of the companies involved in those cases have now been dissolved.