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Financial Conduct Authority

Commons · Question 31913 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 26 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Garnier

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Financial Conduct Authority’s decision to automatically delete emails after 12 months.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 26 Feb 2025

The FCA is operationally independent of government and therefore the Treasury has not made an assessment of this decision. The government expects the FCA to act in accordance with high standards of transparency and operational efficiency, and will continu...