Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average number of staff in the (a) Financial Conduct Authority, (b) Prudential Regulation Authority, (c) Financial Ombudsman Service and (d) Financial Services Compensation Scheme attending the office in person on every day on which they worked was in the weeks commencing 9 and 16 January 2023.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), and Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) are operationally independent from the Government although funded by the taxpayer and/or industry levies. Detailed questions about operational matters are for those independent bodies to respond to.

These questions have been passed to the FCA, PRA, FOS and FSCS who will respond to the honourable member by letter.