Written Question·Treasury·UIN 93636

Small Businesses: Loans

Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 27 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Gareth Thomas

Labour (Co-op)Harrow West

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints the a) Financial Ombudsman Service, b) Financial Conduct Authority and c) Prudential Regulation Authority received about i) the cost of loans to SMEs, ii) debt recovery behaviour by those offerin

Answer

Lucy Rigby
I refer my honourable friend to the answers I provided on the topic of SME lending on 23 October. Complaints are the remit of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), which publishes regular data on complaint trends. In its latest quarterly report, it noted...

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