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Written question asked by Lord Sikka (Labour) on Thursday, 10 March 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 March 2022. It was answered by Lord Callanan (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 March 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Bitcoin

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many companies listing Bitcoin mining as their main business are registered at Companies House.

Answer

Companies House are unable to provide this information as the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes used for the purposes of describing a company’s business activity does not include a code for “bitcoin mining”.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL6892
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Companies Registration Bitcoin
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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