complaints data
statistics about the complaints referred to the ombudsman service – showing the number we receive and the proportion we uphold
the financial products most complained about to the ombudsman
- Each year in our annual review we list the twenty financial products which give rise to most complaints to the ombudsman – showing what proportion each product makes up of our total complaints workload.
- We also publish the number of complaints we receive about all the different financial products we cover – right across the banking, insurance and investment sectors.
outcome of complaints to the ombudsman – showing financial products
Each year in our annual review we publish statistics showing the proportion of complaints we uphold – in relation to the financial products most complained about.
number and outcome of complaints to the ombudsman – showing individual financial businesses
Our data on the number and outcome of the complaints we handle shows both good and bad complaints handling by the 150 or so financial businesses that together make up around 90% of the ombudsman service's workload.
Our complaints data about these financial businesses is listed on our website under the official name by which each business is regulated. If the financial business was part of a larger financial group, we show that as well. But they may also operate under different trading names (or brands).
You can check here to see if the name you are looking for is a trading name (or brand) – which means any complaints data might be listed under a different business name.
When you know what name a financial business is listed under, you can check what complaints data is available for it.
For more information please look at our:
- FAQs on our complaints data;
- notes for financial businesses on the practicalities of data publication;
- policy statement (published March 2009) setting out our board's decision – following public consultation – to publish complaints data about individual businesses.
FSA complaints data
In September 2009 the Financial Services Authority (FSA) published aggregate figures showing how many complaints the firms it regulates received in the period 2006-2008 – and how they dealt with these cases.
This was followed – in October 2009 – by data from the FSA on the aggregate number of complaints relating to FSA-regulated firms in the first half of 2009.
The FSA has also confirmed its plan for publishing information on firms' complaints handling – to help people see how firms are performing and improve complaints-handling standards across the financial services industry.