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Insolvency: Assets

Asked by Torsten BellLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 December 2024UIN 19804

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November to Question 13792 on Insolvency: Assets, what information (a) HM Land Registry and (b) Companies House hold on the number of registered freehold titles excluding those dealt with by the Bona Vacantia division that have (i) apparently vested in the Crown and (ii) not been referred to the Bona Vacantia division by an interested party following dissolution of companies through (A) striking off by the Registrar of Companies and (B) formal liquidation to date.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

HM Land Registry does not hold data on the number of registered freehold titles where ownership has passed to the Crown following the dissolution of a company, where the Bona Vacantia Division has not yet been notified.

Companies House does not hold the requested information. Companies are required to provide to the Registrar of Companies the information set out in the Companies Act 2006. This does not include information about land titles held as assets by companies.

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