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The barchart illustrates the volume of complaints received in 2019 in millions.

Figure 1 shows the
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 of
complaints
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 received in 2019 H1 compared to previous periods. Excluding
complaints
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 made about
PPI
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, the
volume
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 of
complaints
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 received decreased by 6% between 2018 H2 and 2019 H1.
This
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 is the lowest
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 of
complaints
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 received and the largest decrease in the
volume
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 of non-
PPI
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-related related
complaints
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 between two reporting periods since 2016 H2. The
volume
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 of
PPI
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complaints
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 increased by 34%, from 1.58m to 2.12m, and accounted for 49.3% of all
complaints
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 received in 2019 H1.
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 increase was in line with expectations following the approach of the
PPI
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complaints
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 deadline and the FCA’s advertising campaign. Firms received 4.29m
complaints
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 in the first half (H1) of 2019. Payment Protection Insurance (
PPI
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)
complaints
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 made up 49% of all
complaints
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 received during
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 period. The
volume
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 of
PPI
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complaints
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 increased by 34%, from 1.58m to 2.12m between the second half (H2) of 2018 and 2019 H1.
PPI
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complaints
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 took longer on average to resolve compared to previous periods, with 24% of all
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 taking longer than 8 weeks to resolve in 2019 H1, compared to 3% in 2018 H2. Fewer
PPI
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complaints
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 were upheld in 2019 H1 compared to 2018 H2 (54% compared to 63%). Excluding
PPI
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, the
volume
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 of
complaints
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 received by firms decreased by 6%, from 2.32m to 2.18m between 2018 H2 and 2019 H1.
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 is the lowest
volume
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 of
complaints
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 received, excluding
PPI
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 since new reporting rules came into effect in 2016.

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