Our plans and budget for 2021/22 incorporate feedback from stakeholders following a consultation in December 2020 and January 2021. 

Our plans and budget document sets out that, in the year to the end of March 2021, despite the unprecedented impact of Covid-19, we expect to have resolved in excess of 95% of the volume of cases we’d originally planned to in our general casework. 

However, the pandemic has also contributed to the substantial increase in the number of new complaints we received in 2020/21 – forecast to be at least 45% higher than expected at the beginning of the 2020/21 financial year. 

The plans and budget published today sets out how the service is responding to this, including our plans to bring down waiting times. 

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Ombudsman News 193

18 July 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of Ombudsman News. In this edition, we highlight our latest annual complaints data and insight for 2023/24. We also share guidance for professional representatives about referring a complaint to us for investigation.

Annual data Banking and payments Travel Insurance CMC

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Travel insurance complaints at their highest levels since the pandemic

16 July 2024

Holidaymakers unhappy with their travel insurance have led to rising levels of complaints.

Press release Travel Insurance

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Banking complaints hit a 10-year high

12 July 2024

Complaints about the banking sector are at their highest level in at least a decade.

Press release Annual data Banking and payments

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