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BBRS Reporting Data – as of the close of business 31 January 2022

22 February 2021

1 – Count of registrations

The total number of cases registered with the BBRS. These figures do not consider eligibility or account for duplicates.

Total Previous month Difference
Historic 454 596 -142
Contemporary 114 82 32
Unestablished date of complaint 160 30 130
Total 728 708 20

2 – Case Status

Cases may be closed for a variety of reasons, for example the removal of duplicate cases, withdrawals or ineligibility.

Total Previous month Difference
To be allocated 0 0 0
Live 177 200 -23
Closed 551 508 43
Total 728 708 20

3 – Eligibility

The BBRS treats all cases as eligible until we have established the facts relating to each complaint. When a complaint is first assembled, information is collected to check eligibility.

Total
:

Live cases progressing currently as eligible1
Total :

156
:

Live cases assessed
Total :

21
:

Closed cases ineligible2
Total :

67
:

Closed cases eligible3
Total :
0
:

Closed cases non-eligibility reasons4
Total :

484
:

Total
Total :

728
  1. As eligibility is under review throughout the entire BBRS process, most cases will appear in this category until they receive a Provisional Determination or an Eligibility Assessment.
  2. The number of cases found to be ineligible for the BBRS through formal Eligibility Assessments that have completed their journey (i.e. the outcome can no longer be appealed).
  3. The number of cases found to be eligible for the BBRS through formal Eligibility Assessments that have completed their journey (i.e. the outcome can no longer be appealed). Eligible cases that have not been subject to a formal Eligibility Assessment will not be captures in this category.
  4. The number of cases that have completed their journey (i.e. the outcome can no longer be appealed) for reasons unrelated to eligibility.

4 – Reasons for Ineligibility

The below table captures the reasons for ineligibility, not the number of ineligible cases. A case may have multiple reasons for being found ineligible. This also captures instances where a case has not received a formal Eligibility Assessment, but where a customer chooses to withdraw a case because of its ineligibility.

:

Appears the case was eligible for the Financial Ombudsman Service

Total :

60
:

At the time the case was referred to the bank, the business appears not to meet the required BBRS financials

Total :

44
:

Independent Review
Total :

13
:

Part of the case is time barred

Total :

9
:

Bank complained about is not a participating bank
Total :

7
:

The case has been the subject of a court ruling
Total :

7
:

The acts or omissions occurred before 2001
Total :

7
:

Bank complained about is not based in the UK (or the act or omission did not occur in the UK)
Total :

3
:

The complaint is subject to a live litigation

Total :

1
:

Total
Total :

152
  1. The business appears not to meet the required BBRS financial requirements.
  2. The complaint was not brought to the bank within the time limits (in general, more than six years after the act or omission complained of or three years after the customer became aware of the act or omission).
  3. The act or omission occurred before 2001.
  4. The business appears not to meet the required BBRS financial requirements.

5 – Concessionary Cases

If a case falls outside the BBRS’ eligibility criteria, the BBRS may still be able to consider it provided that we, the customer and the bank all agree.

Total
:

Presented to bank1
Total :

19
:

Taken forward2
Total :

7
:

Not taken forward3
Total :

11
:

Referred to other ADR4
Total :
0
  1. The number of cases where the BBRS has written to the bank to seek their agreement to consider a case falling outside the BBRS’ eligibility criteria.
  2. The number of cases where the bank has agreed that the BBRS can consider a case falling outside the BBRS’ eligibility criteria under the concessionary case process.
  3. The number of cases where the bank has not agreed that the BBRS can consider a case falling outside the BBRS’ eligibility criteria under the concessionary case process.
  4. The number of cases referred to non-adjudicative methods of ADR that does not involve the BBRS (e.g. mediation or settlement).

6 – Determinations

Both parties to a complaint have the opportunity to respond to a Provisional Determination before it is issued. Any responses to the Provisional Determination will be taken into account before the issuing of the Determination.

Outcomes (open cases only)1
Total Provisional Determinations issued 11
Total Determinations issued 11
Total Final Determinations issued 1
Total 11
Outcomes (closed cases only)2
Uphold 1
Partial uphold 6
Reject 1
Total 8

1:  These figures account for all cases that have not yet completed their journey (i.e. the outcome could still be appealed).

2: These figures account for all cases that have completed their journey (i.e. the outcome can no longer be appealed).

7 – Eligibility Appeals

Total
Appeal notices received 36
Appeal denied1 22
Appeal notices being considered 6
Appeals not proceeding 8
Appeals proceeding 0
  1. The BBRS can only consider an Appeal that meets the permissible grounds for appealing an outcome. If an Appeal does not meet the permissible grounds, it will not be considered.

8 – Awards (closed cases only)1

Total
Financial awards issued2 6
Non-financial 2
  1. These figures account for all cases that have completed their journey (i.e. the outcome can no longer be appealed).
  2. This also captures any financial awards issued for Distress and Inconvenience, regardless of whether a complaint is substantively upheld.