§ Jonathan ShawTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints the Financial Services Authority has investigated from small businesses regarding banks; and if he will make a statement. [158355]
§ Ruth KellyThe Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is responsible for dealing with complaints from small businesses regarding banks. In the current financial year to date (to end February 2004) the FOS has investigated 205 complaints from small businesses about banking products.
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Mid-year estimates of the usually-resident population of London boroughs: 1998–2002. Thousands 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Greater London 6,968.8 7,041.3 7,104.4 7,307.9 7,355.4 London Boroughs City of London 6.1 6.5 6.9 7.4 7.8 Barking and Dagenham 158.9 1617 162.8 165.9 167.3 Barnet 304.6 309.2 310.9 320.1 320.4 Bexley 216.6 217.1 218.4 218.8 218.8 Brent 255.2 255.8 259.2 270.4 272.4 Bromley 290.5 293.9 294.6 296.2 296.8 Camden 182.3 185.6 191.4 203.0 207.0 Croydon 329.9 328.6 330.3 335.7 336.6 Ealing 292.1 297.3 298.4 308.1 308.4 Enfield 267.9 270.0 272.0 277.7 281.8 Greenwich 209.4 209.7 211.9 217.8 221.4 Hackney 190.7 195.2 199.1 207.8 210.2 Hammersmith and Fulham 153.3 157.6 160.6 169.9 173.3 Haringey 212.1 215.1 215.5 221.9 225.1 Harrow 206.4 206.1 206.9 210.5 211.6 Havering 225.1 225.6 225.0 224.7 224.2 Hillingdon 240.7 242.1 242.9 245.9 246.5 Hounslow 209.8 211.5 211.4 216.4 216.6 Islington 173.5 173.2 174.7 179.8 181.0 Kensington and Chelsea 139.0 143.4 150.4 162.6 165.1 Kingston upon Thames 141.6 144.1 145.5 149.3 150.2 Lambeth 259.2 262.5 264.2 274.2 271.9 Lewisham 245.3 247.1 247.8 254.9 253.8 Merton 180.9 183.0 185.5 191.5 192.3 Newham 231.6 236.7 240.7 250.1 254.0 Redbridge 236.1 235.9 237.5 242.3 244.0 Richmond upon Thames 167.9 170.5 170.8 174.5 174.4 Southwark 236.4 239.3 242.4 251.1 251.3 Sutton 177.2 178.4 179.3 181.6 180.9