On 5 December 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published Consultation Paper 25/35: Quarterly Consultation Paper No. 50 (CP25/35).

In CP25/35, the FCA proposes the following miscellaneous amendments to its Handbook:

• Chapter 2 – Reporting data decommissioning and frequency changes: Decommissioning three of the General Insurance Pricing Practices returns: REP021a, REP021b and REP021d and reducing the reporting frequency of the Baseline Financial Resilience Report, FIN073, from quarterly to annual for most firms that also submit Section A of the Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMA-A).
• Chapter 3 – Changes to the late return administration fee: Reducing the fee to £100 for overdue or late regulatory returns.
• Chapter 4 – Changes to the listing processes for new securities and other minor changes to the UK Listings Rules Sourcebook (UKLR): Simplifying processes and procedures for the listing of new securities under UKLR 20, and to make a small number of minor changes to other UKLR requirements in response to stakeholder feedback.
• Chapter 5 – Corrections and clarificatory amendments to facilitate the implementation of the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading regime (POTARs): Amending the rules for the new POTARs including corrections to address drafting errors, stylistic changes to achieve consistency, and clarifications to explain the scope of certain obligations.
• Chapter 6 – Extending the transitional period for Collective Investment Schemes Sourcebook (COLL) 5: Extending the transitional period for recent amendments to COLL 5.2.29R(3), to allow more time to consult on substantive changes to the rules.

The deadline for comments on chapters 2 to 5 of CP25/35 is 19 January 2026. The deadline for comments on chapter 6 of CP25/35 is 22 December 2025.