Open Enforcement Investigations numbers and types of cases - February 2022


Reference Case Number: FOI8524

Freedom of Information: Right to know request:

  1. Further to FOI7817, how many FCA enforcement investigations are currently open into firms, broken down by:
    (a) civil
    (b) criminal
    (c) dual track
    (d) regulatory and
    (e) total
     
  2. How many FCA enforcement investigations into firms have
    (a) ever been opened
    (b) ever been closed and
    (c) been opened and closed in each year from 2016 to date?
     
  3. In each year from 2016 to date, what have been the outcomes of closed investigations into firms, broken down by:
    (a) variation / cancellation / withdrawal of approval / permissions
    (b) financial penalty
    (c) public censure
    (d) suspension / restriction
    (e) criminal outcome
    (f) civil outcome
    (g) prohibition
    (h) redress / restitution
    (i) closed with no action taken
    (j) other (please provide details)?

FCA response:

All data is correct as at 31 December 2021.

 

1.     Further to FOI7817, how many FCA enforcement investigations are currently open into firms [and individuals], broken down by:

(a)    civil

(b)    criminal

(c)    dual track

(d)    regulatory and

(e)    total?

 

Case subtype

Firms

Individuals

(a)  Civil

22

18

(b)  Criminal

43

93

(c)  Dual track

41

93

(d)  Regulatory

132

159

(e)  Early intervention

-

1

Total

238

364

 

2(c)  How many FCA enforcement investigations into firms [and individuals] have been opened and closed in each year from 2016 to date?

 

Year

Firms

Individuals

Open

Closed

Open

Closed

2019

219

99

204

121

2020

45

74

111

120

2021

53

41

67

66

You may also wish to refer to the enforcement data which is published annually as part of the FCA’s Annual Report.

 

3.     In each year from 2016 to date, what have been the outcomes of closed investigations into firms [and individuals], broken down by:

(a)    variation / cancellation / withdrawal of approval / permissions

(b)    financial penalty

(c)    public censure

(d)    suspension / restriction

(e)    criminal outcome

(f)    civil outcome

(g)    prohibition

(h)    redress / restitution

(i)     closed with no action taken

(j)    other (please provide details)?

Note: Information is collated by primary outcome

 

Type of case

Firms

Individuals

2019

2020

2021

2019

2020

2021

(a)  Variation / cancellation / withdrawal of approval / permissions

2

2

 

 

 

 

(b)  Financial penalty (see note below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)  Public censure

 

 

2

1

 

 

(d)  Suspension/restriction

 

 

 

 

 

 

(e)  Criminal outcome

1

1

1

 

1

2

(f)  Civil outcome

 

1

 

 

 

 

(g)  Prohibition

 

 

 

9

2

1

(h)  Redress/restitution

 

2

 

 

 

 

(i)  Closed with no action taken

45

33

23

69

66

33

(j)  Other (Injunction)

35

31

10

41

51

28

Note:  Information on fines issued by the FCA.