Information on employment of section 166 powers - January 2022


Reference Case Number: FOI8843

Freedom of Information: Right to know request:

For each year from 2017-2021 inclusive:

  1. a) In how many cases did the FCA use the section 166 power to commission a skilled person review in relation to financial crime?

    b) Please provide a breakdown for the FCA sectors in which these cases occurred.
     

  2. In how many of the cases in (1.) did the FCA appoint the skilled person firm?
     
  3. What is the aggregate cost incurred by regulated firms for section 166 work?

FCA response:

Questions 1 (a) and (b)

The requested information can be found in the table below.

Year

General Insurance & Protection

Investment Management

Retail Banking and Payments

Retail Investments

Wholesale Financial Markets

Total

2017-2018

1

4

2

 

4

11

2018-2019

 

2

6

 

6

14

2019-2020

   

9

3

4

16

2020-2021

   

11

1

5

17

2021-2022

 

1

5

 

1

7

Total

1

7

33

4

20

65

Question 2

The skilled person was appointed by the FCA for one of the skilled person reviews in the above table

Question 3

The aggregate cost for the financial crime related reviews undertaken during the relevant period is £21.7m