Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on how many and what proportion of the staff of the Financial Ombudsman Service are members of the (a) Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, (b) Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, (c) Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, (d) Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and (e) Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is operationally independent from the Government. Detailed questions about operational matters are for the FOS to respond to.

These questions have been passed to the FOS, which will respond to the honourable member by letter.