1 Horse Guards Road, 
Information Rights Unit 
London. 
 
SW1A 2HQ 
Tel: 020 7270 4558 
 
Fax: 020 7451 4861 
 
[HM Treasury request email]  
Veronica Chapman   
 www.hm-treasury.gov.uk 
 
 
By email:  
Our refs:  
IRU/9/75 
[FOI #6714 email]   
Email/15890/2009 
 
 
 
 
 
16th February 2009 
 
 
Dear Ms Chapman, 
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000: UNITED KINGDOM CORPORATION 
    
Thank you for your enquiry dated 26th January 2009 asking for information under the 
Freedom of Information (FoI) Act 2000.   
 
You asked a number of questions, which I have listed below.   
 
1) Is the UNITED KINGDOM CORPORATION (listed on Dunn & Bradstreet) 
actively trading? 
 
2) If so, what is the purpose of its existence? 
 
3) If so, who are the shareowners? 
 
4) If so, who are the shareholders? 
 
5) If so, how much does it owe (if anything) to international organisations such as 
the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Bank of International Settlements, 
etc? 
 
6) If so, is the UNITED KINGDOM CORPORATION in any stage of bankruptcy? 
 
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides individuals with a right to  request 
recorded information held by a public authority.  To bring your enquiry clearly within 
the scope of the FoI Act, we are interpreting it as seeking recorded information that 
answers the above points.  You might find the Information Commissioner’s guidance 
to requestors helpful for future reference and I attach a link for your convenience. 
http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/freedom_of_information/practical_ap
plication/its_public_information_foi%20charter_final.pdf 
 
Under the Act, the Treasury can only answer in regard to a request for  recorded 
information held by the Treasury itself not  other Public Authorities, which under the 
Act are considered discrete entities and subject to the Act separately.   
 
 
 

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We note that companies called  â€˜United Kingdom Corporation Ltd’ and  â€˜UK 
Corporation Ltd’ are registered at Companies House.  Having searched our records I 
can confirm that we do not hold the information you have requested about the 
UNITED KINGDOM CORPORATION.  Given the questions to which you seek 
answers, I would advise that HM Treasury is not the appropriate Public Authority to 
answer these  questions and I would suggest that you contact Companies House  â€“ 
an Executive Agency of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory 
Reform, which may be able to answer some of your questions.   
 
Information can be accessed through their website and through their London 
Information Centre.  I include some web links that may be of help to this end.   
http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/index.shtml   
http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk//contact/londonInfo.shtml   
 
 
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact us at the email account given 
in the header to this letter.  It would help us, if you could remember to quote the IRU 
reference number (also in the header) in any future communications.   
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
 
 
Information Rights Unit  
On behalf of HM Treasury 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Your right to complain under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or 
request a review of our decision, you should write within two months of the date of this letter to HM Treasury, 
Information Rights Unit, 2/SW, 1 Horse Guards  Road, London SW1A 2HQ.   
 
 
Email:  public.enquiries@hm -treasury.gov.uk  
 
If you are not content with the outcome your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a 
decis ion. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided 
by the Treasury.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, 
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Ches hire SK9 5AF. 
 
 
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