Written Question·Treasury·UIN 77834

Financial Ombudsman Service: Standards

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Perran Moon

LabourCamborne and Redruth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to tackle the backlog of cases at the Financial Ombudsman Service.

Answer

Lucy Rigby
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is non-governmental body and is independent from the Treasury. The Financial Conduct Authority’s rules on how the FOS should handle complaints state that ‘the ombudsman will attempt to resolve complaints at the earlie...

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