Department for Business and Trade written question – answered at on 18 November 2025.
Warinder Juss
Labour, Wolverhampton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of regulations allowing dormant companies to be appointed to (a) statutory and (b) regulatory roles.
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
It may be appropriate for dormant companies to hold some statutory or regulatory roles. No recent assessment has been undertaken across all statutory and regulatory roles. The Government keeps company law, as a whole, under regular review and makes changes when issues arise. If there is evidence of an issue, the department is happy to look into it.
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