Secondary international competitiveness and growth objective (SICGO) metrics

We are committed to publishing metrics that show the impact of our work.

Our outcomes

In our statement on the secondary objective, we welcomed increased accountability and transparency on how we are delivering the objective through metrics. 

This is our third year of publishing the SICGO metrics which we agreed to publish following the Treasury’s call for proposals on measuring the success of our secondary objective. We have supplemented these with further metrics from our existing framework, where they can contribute to a more complete picture of our impact on growth and competitiveness.

We’ve also reported on how we’ve advanced our secondary objective in the Supporting Growth section of our Annual Report

And we’ve published a log describing how rules and guidance we have made support our objectives.

SICGO metrics

The metrics are split into 4 themes:

Authorisations and operational efficiency

We provide detailed figures on our authorisations activities. This includes the number of new authorisations for each sector and the number of individuals in scope of the Senior Manager and Certification Regime. Other figures provide an insight into our internal processes including our responses to pre-vetting listed issuers’ documents and our staff turnover.

Policy and regulatory impact

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This page captures the wider impact of our work on consumers, the firms we regulate, the UK financial system and the UK economy.

Data collection

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This is the second time we have released significant detail on the volume of our data requests to industry, and how long we give firms to respond. This theme also includes survey data that captures firms’ sentiments towards our data collection activities.

Digital and innovation

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We provide detail on applications to our innovation pathways and regulatory sandbox, including a breakdown of applicants by sector and technology used, as well as common reasons applications are refused.

Theme 1: Authorisations and Operational efficiency
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Theme 1: Authorisations and Operational efficiency

Theme 2: Policy and regulatory impact
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Theme 2: Policy and regulatory impact

Theme 3: Data collection
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Theme 3: Data collection

Theme 4: Digital and innovation
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Theme 4: Digital and innovation