Our original Get Submission Status “polling” schema contained a “string” based company number element that allowed a number to be shown (where required) that included (where necessary) prefix letters.
Subsequent versions have shown this element as an “integer” (numeric digits only) and this has proved problematic for some software developers.
As such, and for consistency, we have today released the following “string” based version:
http://xmlgw.companieshouse.gov.uk/v1-0/schema/forms/GetSubmissionStatus-v2-9.xsd
for those that wish to upgrade.
We will not be retiring any of the current versions however, so there is no need to update unless you wish to.
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