Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) company directors and (b) other company officers convicted of a criminal offence related to registration requirements for People with Significant Control under 21A of the Companies Act 2006, as amended, in each year since 2016, were sentenced to (i) any term of imprisonment and (ii) the maximum term of imprisonment provided for in that Act.

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted, for various offences under the Companies Act 2006, for the years 2017-2021 in the Outcomes by Offence data tool 2021, and for preceding years in the Outcomes by Offence tool 2020.

However, the role of the person or business being prosecuted or convicted, including whether they were company director or company officers is not held centrally in the Court Proceedings database. This information may be held on court records but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate costs.