Public Enquiry into Barclays Bank Plc's computer problems in 2008

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

In 2013, Barclays Bank Plc notified the Office of Fair Trading that 'technical documentary errors' caused mistakes with their paperwork which affected customer's accounts going back as far as 2008. Barclay's error resulted in many customers not in arrears, receiving statements containing errors.

Barclays Bank's problems happened at the height of the global financial crisis when many homes were being repossessed for being in mortgage arrears. According to a Guardian newspaper article at the time, repossessions had hit a twelve year high, with 'home buyers losing 40,000 properties in 2008'.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/loans/2013/09/had-a-barclays-loan-you-could-be-due-share-of-100-m-payout-after-blunder

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2009/feb/20/repossessions-homeowners

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. We're not sure what such a public inquiry would look into.

In any case, the UK Parliament and Government aren't responsible for investigating the computer problems of individual banks.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

3 Apr 2018	Petition opened for signatures
10 Apr 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 10 Apr 2018

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