Well this is what I thought and yet email from a large leasing company since I posted this proposed I get it in my name and insure it and put my daughter down as a named driver.

That is called 'fronting'. The other phrase used for it is 'insurance fraud'.

Re insurance, should have added and stating my daughter is the main driver but policy in my name. Got some quotes as my daughter as policy holder and parents as additional drivers and other way around policy in my name and daughter as the main driver.

Anyway back to leasing and spoken to leasing company based on new info learnt from this thread and elsewhere and they went away and checked. They use more than one finance company and it is down to the finance company whether it is an acceptable arrangement. The one I received a quote on wouldn't allow but another one would. I was given names of the finance companies so didn't feel like I was being strung along and woman I spoke to who went away and checked with a colleague hadn't heard of it before but it can be done...with the right finance company.

So have answered my own question but this helped as didn't take no as an answer.