Complaints data


Complaints data

Continually improving the service we offer and reducing the number of complaints we receive is very important to us. We regularly review the information we have about your complaints, which helps us to understand how we can make improvements.

What we publish

Every 6 months we publish the number of customer complaints we've received for the previous half year. We also put these figures into context using the type of products complained about.

Why we publish

The FCA require us to provide this information directly to them as well as on our own website, just as other firms have to. This data can be used as an indicator of how well we're serving our customers, for comparison purposes and also demonstrates the improvements we're making to reduce the number of complaints we receive.

Firm Name:Santander UK Plc
Group (If Applicable):Santander
Other firms included in this report (If any):-
Period covered in this report:01 July 2023 – 31 December 2023
Brands/Trading names covered:Santander & Cahoot

Number of complaints opened by volume of business

Product /Service GroupProvision (at reporting period end date)*Intermediation (within the reporting period)*Number of complaints openedNumber of complaints closedPercentage closed within 3 daysPercentage closed after 3 days but within 8 weeksPercentage UpheldMain cause of complaints opened
Banking & Credit Cards 2.7 per 1000 accountsN/A64,91065,22350%49%49%Other General Admin / Customer Service
Home Finance7.3 per 1000 balances outstandingN/A8,1678,25642%57%59%Other General Admin / Customer Service
Insurance & Pure Protection**0.4 per 1000 policies in forceN/A1471237%77%17%Unsuitable advice
Decumulation & Pensions***N/AN/A20200%65%30%Unsuitable advice
Investments**0.2 per 1000 client accountsN/A46532%64%6%Unsuitable advice
Credit Related4.4 per 1000 loansN/A1,9912,064N/AN/A46%N/A

We put the complaints figures into context using ‘per 000’ metrics so that comparisons can be made across firms of different sizes.
Helpful notes to explain the data:

* The 'Provision' metric is used when a firm is the product provider, using the total volume of accounts held as at the end of the reporting half (31/12/2023). The 'Intermediation' metric is used when a firm is only responsible for selling the product (but isn't the provider), using the volumes of sales made during the reporting half (01/07/2023 to 31/12/2023).

** For the ‘Insurance & Pure Protection' and 'Investments' product groups, while Santander UK is responsible for selling the product, we have used the provision metric to provide more meaningful context, as we did for H1 2023.

***Decumulation, life and pensions products - Santander continues to resolve complaints relating to the advice provided at point of sale for a variety of different historic group companies. Santander had stopped advising on or selling any of these products by June 2011 and they are now either owned or administered by 3rd party firms.
 

Firm Name:Santander ISA Managers Limited
Group (If Applicable):Santander
Other firms included in this report (If any):-
Period covered in this report:1 July 2023 – 31 December 2023
Brands/Trading names covered:Santander ISA Managers Limited

 

Product /Service GroupProvision (at reporting period end date)*Intermediation (within the reporting period)*Number of complaints openedNumber of complaints closedPercentage closed within 3 daysPercentage closed after 3 days but within 8 weeksPercentage UpheldMain cause of complaints opened
Investments2.3 per 1000 accountsN/A5114628%88%60%Other General Admin / Customer Service
Firm Name:Santander UK Plc
Group (If Applicable):Santander
Other firms included in this report (If any):-
Period covered in this report:01 January 2023 – 30 June 2023
Brands/Trading names covered:Santander & Cahoot

Number of complaints opened by volume of business

Product /Service GroupProvision (at reporting period end date)*Intermediation (within the reporting period)*Number of complaints openedNumber of complaints closedPercentage closed within 3 daysPercentage closed after 3 days but within 8 weeksPercentage UpheldMain cause of complaints opened
Banking & Credit Cards 2.9 per 1000 accountsN/A72,15772,43162%37%47%Other General Admin / Customer Service
Home Finance6.7 per 1000 balances outstandingN/A7,6727,42064%36%56%Other General Admin / Customer Service
Insurance & Pure Protection**0.3 per 1000 policies in forceN/A1351527%64%24%Unsuitable advice
Decumulation & Pensions***N/AN/A23323%50%28%Unsuitable advice
Investments**0.3 per 1000 client accountsN/A67723%64%17%Unsuitable advice
Credit Related4.3 per 1000 loansN/A1,9451,910N/AN/A43%N/A

We put the complaints figures into context using ‘per 000’ metrics so that comparisons can be made across firms of different sizes.
Helpful notes to explain the data:

* The 'Provision' metric is used when a firm is the product provider, using the total volume of accounts held as at the end of the reporting half (30/06/2023). The 'Intermediation' metric is used when a firm is only responsible for selling the product (but isn't the provider), using the volumes of sales made during the reporting half (01/01/2023 to 30/06/2023).

** For the ‘Insurance & Pure Protection' and 'Investments' product groups, while Santander UK is responsible for selling the product, we have used the provision metric to provide more meaningful context, as we did for H2 2022

***Decumulation, life and pensions products - Santander continues to resolve complaints relating to the advice provided at point of sale for a variety of different historic group companies. Santander had stopped advising on or selling any of these products by June 2011 and they are now either owned or administered by 3rd party firms.
 

Firm Name:Santander ISA Managers Limited
Group (If Applicable):Santander
Other firms included in this report (If any):-
Period covered in this report:1 January 2023 – 30 June 2023
Brands/Trading names covered:Santander ISA Managers Limited

Santander ISA Managers received fewer than 500 complaints during H1’2023 

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) publishes firms' complaints figures and provides analysis on the recent industry complaint data. The FCA has recently made some changes to how firms should handle and report complaints. You can find more information about this here

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) also publishes information about how many complaints they receive from firms and the result of these. They also provide guidance on aspects of complaints handling and produce informative publications, putting topical issues under the microscope.

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