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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many financial penalties were imposed on (a) company directors and (b) other company officers for an offence related to registration requirements for People with Significant Control under 21A of the Companies Act 2006, as amended, in each year since 2016.

The number of financial penalties imposed on (a) company directors for an offence related to the registration requirements for People with Significant Control under Part 21A of the Companies Act 2006 for each year since 2016 is:

2016 is nil

2017 is nil

2018 (from 1st March 2018) is 19

2019 is 134

2020 is 28

2021 is 95

2022 (up to 30^th September 2022) is 71

The number of financial penalties imposed on (b) other company officers is nil.