FOI 110 - Total amount banked for unclaimed dividends and expired cheques this financial year
Updated 2 February 2022
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Our ref: FOI21/22-110
Date: 13th December 2021
Dear
Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your email of 15th November 2021 in which you requested from the Insolvency Service: details of the total amount banked for unclaimed dividends and expired cheques this financial year.
Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
I can confirm the agency holds the information that you have requested and I have provided the answer to your question, split into Calendar Year and Financial Year, below:
1st January 2021 – December 2021
Total Amount of Credits into the Unclaimed Account – 4212
Total Sum of Credits into the Unclaimed Account - £17,014,915.03
1st April 2021 – December 2021
Total Amount of Credits into the Unclaimed Account – 3513
Total Sum of Credits into the Unclaimed Account - £11,958,661.40
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