The Commission is currently consulting on extending the annual return to require more information about the financial source of funding and to clamp down on potential fraud.

In 2021-22, the Commission concluded 5,324 regulatory action cases, down from 5,499 in 2020-21. Of these, 45 were statutory inquiries, the most serious type of regulatory engagement. This compared to 64 statutory inquiries concluded in 2020-21. There was a slight drop in the number of new enquiries opened, down from 59 the previous year to 49 this year.